What were you not allowed to do as a child because it 'wasn't nice'?

Oh! I wasn't supposed to play at throwing a ball against the house wall, in case the very old house fell down.

Still did it though.

Stand up straight was my mums nag, don’t slope your shoulders.

Buy chewing gum, wear stockings to school, go to Saturday morning pictures.

Not say ‘belly’ it was always tummy, say I ‘hated’ anyone, eat in the street, chew food with my mouth open. My Mother thought doing any of these things was ‘very common’.

My mum seemed to have an endless list of what was 'common' It included eating on the street, pierced ears, watching ITV (until she discovered Coronation St. which reminded her of her northern roots), denim jeans, patent shoes, pointing at anything/anyone (rude, apparently). She also didn't like net curtains and would have been horrified that when, after her death, my brother moved his wife into the house the first thing she did was put some up.

Oh definitely chewing gum was on the list too.

We couldn't say toilet, lounge or serviette.
My father even bristled at 'OK' though in general he was a very jolly type.
OTOH he wouldn't turn a hair at the odd bloody or bugger - once we were in our teens.

I once said 'Oh, balls!' at the dinner table - I was only about 11 and had heard it from a girl at school - had no idea that it was rude.
My father just said, 'That is not a word to use in mixed company.' ?
I was still mystified as to why not! At least for another year or two.

I wasnt allowed to go Morris dancing, or to go on holiday to Butlins. Common.

Spitting
Chew gum
Say ‘what’
‘Contradict’ anything an adult said
Don’t speak till spoken to
Wear pinny over my clothes

Same as MissAdventure.
Also not allowed to say Oh God/ for Gods sake as that was blasphemous.
And whispering was oh so rude.

We went on a 2 week holiday to Pontins but came back after a week as the people there were common!

Not allowed to watch ' The Sweeney' as it was too violent. Not sure how old I was at the time definitely a teenager.

Not allowed sloppy manners
Not allowed sloppy speech
Not allowed to stay out late (past ten)
Not allowed a lie in beyond 8 a.m. at weekends ('waste of life')
'You are NOT going out in that!!' (Father demonstrating apoplexy at Mary Quant mini dress)
'You are not hanging about with that no neck low life'

Speak with a Birmingham accent at home. Wear any makeup, own a pair of pointed toe shoes, drink alcohol, go anywhere where people did drink alchol. Needless to say I rebelled in a big way when I left home.

I hope that there's a social historian somewhere noting all of this! Am completely astounded at some of these - (Morris Dancing & Brownies most of all!
I had whistling mother, and if berated, she would say' a woman who whistles and a hen that crows, will bring good luck wherever she goes'.

Oh yes, No earrings. No nail varnish.

I thought I had fairly strict parents but reading through this thread I realise they were actually very easy going. I do remember as a child (maybe 11?) playing around and putting a bracelet on my ankle. I thought I'd made that discovery myself as I don't ever recall having seen anybody wearing an ankle bracelet. My mother was aghast and said I should take it off because "certain women" wore them like that, and it wasn't for nice reasons. They never ever forbade me from playing with anybody and I don't recall them ever referring to "common people" Table manners were very important, eating in the street of other than icecream or sweeties was discouraged, show respect for others, which meant no loud play on a Sunday, and never sit while an adult stands. I am very surprised at the number of Church going families who thought other children too common to play with. Thank heavens they never had to encounter Jesus as a child, I'm sure he would have been "too common" lol

Not allowed to eat outside, especially in school uniform.
Not allowed to make any kind of sandwich with food at the table - especially chip 'butties'!
Not allowed to leave the table empty handed after meals.
NO elbows on table - all joints will be carved!
Strict bed time.
Had to be home by 11 pm even when I had started work.

This thread is brilliant! I remember trying very hard to hold my knife 'like a pencil' at meal times as it annoyed the hell out of my parents. I couldn't keep it going for long, found it too awkward.
We were never ever allowed to play in the street or even the front garden.

Not to sit with my back to the fire to dry my long hair as this was bad for my liver.

janipat my parents were very easygoing but mum was very insistent on good manners.
Nowt wrong with that!

Oops, do not say nowt

Add to the list - do not eat with your mouth open.

As my Great-Grandad was a carpenter I doubt that Jesus would have been considered common.

There were more 'does' than 'don'ts' in my childhood. One prohibition - we weren't allowed to go out on week-nights apart from Fridays and that was for Brownies and Guides.
The only TV programme that I wasn't allowed to watch was the Quatermass Experiment. They thought it would be too scary for me. To this day, I don't like scary films.

I used to watch Quatermass with my dad

Eating in Street... pointing....... talking loudly .....I was also one of rough kids on top deck of bus!