Did your parents try to stop your special interests?

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I don't think they hated it persay but when I was obsessed with the Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time(namely Link), they said they would need to take me to counseling because it was unhealthy.

Did my parents try to stop my special interests? Actually, no. Out of all the wacked out things my parents did when I was growing up, I have to give my mother credit on this one... she actually was a sport about that kinda thing. I remember once when I was on a cat obsession, she got me not only a subscription to Cat Fancy magazine, but all of these how to draw cat books and art supplies that I was bugging her for. She was more than decent about things like that.

My parents supported my special intense interests. With roller coasters, they would take me to different amusement parks on our vacations. With music they bought me various musical instruments that I continue to use today. And with house plans, they bought me book after book. They never tried to stymie my interests.

My dad legit thinks that special interests are false idols, under family I'm currently living with thinks it's addiction...

My mom is about the only person in my immediate family who encourages it. She buys me star wars stuff, bought me a really rad LotR blanket in 6th grade, and in general never really had any complaints about it.

I recall my mum taking a wise middle way, and on a few occasions cautioning me not to neglect the basic school stuff such as English, Maths, the various languages which were studied because a good set of results accros the subjects were part of the way to qualify to study one of my special interests (electronics) at college level and get the chance to make it a career.

It proved good advice, the schoolwork got me through the shortlisting processes and the interest, reading, self building stuff then got me through the interviews and into university where I could immerse for three years, and combined with interest in music, some theatre backstage stuff, landed me my career as broadcast engineer.

My mum also picked up my spikey and odd learning profile and kept both me and various schools "on the case' which has made lots of things possible.

Dissembling is a form of lying, and I believe my parents can be blamed for that, when it happens constantly, and at random. aka reverse engineering. Even the simplest thing, until they can longer function, in a basic way, and words have no meaning.




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