What is with parents these days?

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I went to school in Downey. The Downey city library was famous back then because it had banned Tarzan books. It seems Tarzan and Jane weren't married...

In junior high my friends were reading James Bond books so I read some, too. My mom called the school to complain, apparently thinking I'd been encouraged to read them by teachers. As a result I had my book confiscated by a teacher in front of the rest of the class. Lesson learned: Never let my mother know what I was doing.

When my son was in middle school (I think) he told me he was supposed to watch "Schindler's List" for school. I hadn't seen it yet myself so I rented it and we watched it together over the weekend. Before he went back to school he remembered the note I had to sign to assure the school I was okay with him watching the movie. Was I suppose to keep him from watching it? That just didn't compute. Of course I was also the one who bought him Mortal Kombat and the NIN CD with the parental advisory sticker one Christmas.