@eightbitsamurai@elekk.xyz i'm probably an outlier here on account of being raised in a family of Massive Fucking Nerds, but i actually can't remember any restrictions on computer or game use? i'm sure there was some "do your homework first" at some point, but the only real rule - largely unspoken - was to keep mom and dad updated on what i was doing, even vaguely. and they were supportive and enthusiastic about all of my weird hobbies, so that wasn't exactly a chore >
@eightbitsamurai@elekk.xyz but more me enthusiastically showing off the house i was working on in Furcadia or the results of the latest wolfling run in Creatures 2 or whatnot, or even my mom joining us for the occasional LAN game of Age of Empires.
my family is def on one end of an extreme though since they even let me meet my online best friend in 7th grade; she and her dad came to my town for a few days and it was fuckin rad. my parents were all cool with it after talking to her parents more or less
@eightbitsamurai@elekk.xyz but this was after being raised up (when even smaller) bugging my mom to watch when she was playing king's quest or another computer game, and for awhile when my sister and i were both little, the video we'd watch over and over was a Corel Draw tutorial video lmfao, before making play newspapers
and even before that there's a baby picture where my dad programmed a baby toy for me (any button press = new random shape in random color and a random beep)
so like i said
NEEEEEERDS