What were the strangest rules you've seen parents have on their kids?

1. One of my friend had to run to the huge front door and bow when his father came home.
   — ndecker07


2. When my mother was a child, she had these friends whose parents wouldn't let them take off their slips and tights on Sundays after church. They could take off their church dresses, but they had to wear the slips and tights all the rest of the day at home. They could put on a bathrobe over top if they were cold, but they weren't allowed to change or put other clothes on top of the slips except the same dress they wore to church.
   — ibbity


3. I knew a guy whose dad, a preacher, made him burn his He-Man action figures because, "Jesus is the only master of the universe."
   — chudsosoft






4. My friend's mom won't let her take baths because she's afraid she'll drown. My friend has never had a bath. She's 20.
   — thug-pug


5. Punishment down payments. Basically, take a punishment now, and you can use it to pay off part of your punishment when you do something bad.
   — ABigNothingBurger


6. I was not allowed to watch cat-dog as a child. When I asked why my mother said "how do they go to the bathroom?"
   — real_human_person






7. You can only have three bites of any dessert. Exactly three bites, that's it, then it gets thrown away no matter what. Do you want to give your kid an eating disorder? Because that's how you give your kids a fucking eating disorder. Either don't allow them to have dessert at all, or let them have a reasonable portion as a treat once in a while. None of this, "have a tiny amount and then watch it get taken away" shit.
   — centaurparkour


8. Today I overheard a parent threaten a child with ‘no books’ if they didn’t choose a dvd in the library. Oh and parents who wouldn’t allow their child to complete homework/revision because it was the school’s job to educate them not their own/their parents.
   — PurpleThirteen


9. I overheard a parent tell their kid "you have to finish your pizza before you get an apple", bitch apples are healthier than pizza
   — goinTurbo






10. You can play with Pokemon cards, just no ghost or psychic types. Because this is a God-fearing house. (My neighbors, not my parents)
    — beckybarbaric


11. My best friend in grammar school had to wash her feet in a garage deep sink before walking into her house. Her mom would say "let me smell them!" Before she was allowed to walk on the carpet. I hated going over there.
    — Lucibean


12. I was at a girls house and was made to ask her mom for permission to go pee in their bathroom, the rule was that you had to pee at the school, after class, and we weren't allowed to use the bathroom there.
    — ponderits