30th November 2004, 7:33 PM
As for my parents, they did limit what we could get. They never let me have "more violent" toys -- Transformers and Ninja Turtles were fine, but no GI Joes or Army Men (until junior high for the army men anyway)... movies or videogames? We didn't get a TV at all until I was in second grade. I did have an LCD game or two, but that's about it... and even then we had only PBS and CBS until like about 8th grade, so our channel selection was very limited. It was mostly for movies. Videogames? They never bought a console for me (and said they would not), only my GB (5th grade; my sister got one too not too much later) and later GBC (when that came out)... I had to get my N64 myself... and by the time I got that I was in highschool. Computer games? We did get a PC and they did get me computer games, but never more violent ones. I wasn't asking for violent computer games, but I'm sure that if I had been I wouldn't have gotten them...