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<blockquote data-quote="Bedrockgames" data-source="post: 9581080" data-attributes="member: 85555">I wasn’t allowed to play D&amp;D and my mom took away books like that or things like heavy metal albums. In my case it wasn’t abuse though. We were just religious and they had a lot of rules about things like that. I think one thing to keep in mind is while I am sure there were parents who did abusive things, a lot of the stuff with D&amp;D was either 1) parter of a broader concern parents might have had about the media you consumed: i.e. parents frequently determine what is okay for their children to watch, read or play in various grounds and 2) a product of D&amp;Ds newness as a hobby. There was a lot people didn’t know about D&amp;D and parents would hear stories about kids killing each other in sewers or kids who got into PCP playing D&amp;D (the last one might sound crazy but a friend of my mom’s told her one of her relatives got into PCP this way). I think most parents were just trying to be good parents when they put controls on things like D&amp;D and just didn’t know much about the game beyond rumors that it involved satanism. In my case I think my parents were just doing the best they could to make sure we weren’t getting into dangerous activities And while the satanic panic was a moral panic you have to understand real world events occasionally reinforced parents fear about it. The night stalker for example in California was a serial killer active in the 80s who was a real satanist. Stories like that, especially if you grew up in very Christian household, were the kinds of things shaping a lot of the reaction</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bedrockgames, post: 9581080, member: 85555"] I wasn’t allowed to play D&D and my mom took away books like that or things like heavy metal albums. In my case it wasn’t abuse though. We were just religious and they had a lot of rules about things like that. I think one thing to keep in mind is while I am sure there were parents who did abusive things, a lot of the stuff with D&D was either 1) parter of a broader concern parents might have had about the media you consumed: i.e. parents frequently determine what is okay for their children to watch, read or play in various grounds and 2) a product of D&Ds newness as a hobby. There was a lot people didn’t know about D&D and parents would hear stories about kids killing each other in sewers or kids who got into PCP playing D&D (the last one might sound crazy but a friend of my mom’s told her one of her relatives got into PCP this way). I think most parents were just trying to be good parents when they put controls on things like D&D and just didn’t know much about the game beyond rumors that it involved satanism. In my case I think my parents were just doing the best they could to make sure we weren’t getting into dangerous activities And while the satanic panic was a moral panic you have to understand real world events occasionally reinforced parents fear about it. The night stalker for example in California was a serial killer active in the 80s who was a real satanist. Stories like that, especially if you grew up in very Christian household, were the kinds of things shaping a lot of the reaction [/QUOTE]

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