When we were kids, we were probably all made to do something that we did not want to, as our parents thought it would help us...

So, what did your parents make you do when you were young?

 

When I was young, I had to take singing, and piano lessons... <_<

The worst thing was when they made me not finish my beano comic and I had to do a photoshoot at school. :'( I was so angry!!!!

 

But, no my parents were good.

 

Now its all grammar this, grammar that and OMG bloody hell is supposadly swearing.

St. John's Ambulance. In the end I simply refused to go anymore.

• Copy out passages of writing into an exercise book as fast as I could so that I could get my writing speed up. Which didn't work, I cheated anyways. :lol:
  I still have a few of the books to remind me of the sore hands I had as a child.
• Kneel in front of a miniature Buddha statue and pull at my ears as hard as I could when I had been naughty.

Go to Punjabi school on Sundays. Me and my bro effing loathed this and my sister didn't even have to go ):

 

Nothing else. My parents didn't care much for extra curricular activities. They didn't even encourage reading or any [cabbage] like that, explains why my sister is so [developmentally delayed]ed.

I remember I hated piano lessons at the time, but certainly am grateful now.

 

And St. John's ambulance was completely useless.

• Copy out passages of writing into an exercise book as fast as I could so that I could get my writing speed up. Which didn't work, I cheated anyways. :lol:
  I still have a few of the books to remind me of the sore hands I had as a child.
• Kneel in front of a miniature Buddha statue and pull at my ears as hard as I could when I had been naughty.

Does that count as child abuse?

 

Bloody hell!

St. John's Ambulance. In the end I simply refused to go anymore.

 

Haha, my folks made me do that too... I did enjoy it, but it was kind of a waste being one of the like 8 people who went :P

 

My parents never really made me do anything i didn't like... But im sure if i think there were really lame things they made me do once or twice which i hated.

My parents made me join the swim team and take piano lessons. They bribed me with stuffed animals XD My mom also made me go to church every sunday up until I was 18. At that point I was finally able to convince her to take me out to breakfast instead (most days).

Going to karate regularly, even when I didn't feel like it.

 

Learning to ride a bike. (I became very stubborn about this after I rammed into a rock.)

 

All in all, I'm glad they forced me to do these things.

They made me speak with a 'Received Pronunciation', or, talking posh. Didn't work though. Thank god.

The only thing I can think of that my parents really forced me to do was go to church. I don't really regret it or anything, but I'm pretty sure I didn't find it all that exciting when I was little.

Yep, I chose to take piano lessons. Yep, I chose to do math in my free time. Yep, I think I chose to play soccer and baseball. Actually...maybe not. Probably not. My parents probably thought I would end up being some nerd staying at home all day, so they signed me up for some sports. Awesome how that turned out... :lol:

Taking dance lessons. Other then that, they've been quite good on not forcing me to do stuff that i don't want to.

Church is probably the one I remember. Meh, I might have been able to fight it as a kid but I really didn't feel like it. Plus if I objected they would think I was just lazy, even though I never really cared about religion much even as a child. Luckily my parents didn't go to church too much themselves, so except for like one year where we sort of had a "stint" of churchgoing it was mostly limited to holidays.

my dad and mom were together that time so they were more strict overall and took chores seriously.

They mostly made me go to church, but my mom made me take ballet lessons and cake decorating classes. The ballet was horrible, I was the only boy in there and it was really embarrassing but eventually my mom took me out of the class. I went into the cake decorating class with my mom and I didn't like it at first but I got pretty good at decorating, I'm actually making a cake for my friends birthday tonight. :wink:

they didnt really make me do much except go to school

 

no church, no music lessons, no extra curricular sport or activities unless i WANTED to (i did karate and judo for a few years at my choice), etc etc

 

i didnt even have to do chores, thank god, and i still got pocket money each week for doing sweet f'a

Church. Boy that did backfire on my mum after a while. School was a no-brainer "must go" but I didn't really mind since it wasn't horrible going to school; I could socialize with my mates at least :lol:

Guitar lessons and *shudders* bible club.

Go to church when I was really young, but not as I got older, and not now.

My parents really never made me do anything other than school obviously. I guess they made me do chores and stuff, but like all kids have to do that, right?

Guitar lessons and *shudders* bible club.

 

Guitar lessons isn't actually that bad, can be very beneficial :thumbup: but I agree with you on the bible club. Glad my parents never made me do something like that.

C.C.D...my dad didn't really care, but my mom insisted my siblings and I went. I think it's revenge for her parents making her go to a religious elementary school.

CCD?

Catholic Christian Doctrine. Basically, 2 hours of religious teachings every wednesday. -_-