I love my parents and I know they did their best, but oh boy. Reading this and comparing it to my own childhood is a bit of a whiplash.

I wasn't allowed to watch movies or TV shows that had kissing, cuddling, etc beyond very G-rated Disney stuff.

On the other hand...my dad's a bit of a packrat with his books, and I was encouraged to read as much as I like. Which included reading some books that (in hindsight) were pretty questionable, but which went completely over my head at the time.

Relatedly, oh god yeah Piers Anthony's stuff is. Uh. A lot.