forcibly losing a special intrest

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When I was a kid, my mom took my Calvin and Hobbes books away, forbade me from watching certain animated movies I liked (like A Goofy Movie and The Prince of Egypt) and would sometimes come in my room and put some of my stuffed animals in a big trash bag to give to "poor kids." My stepfather would also ridicule me for being 12 years old and still watching "Dragontales" whenever it came on...once he told me that he wanted me to stop watching it by the time I turned 13, so I made a special point to still be watching it long past the age limit.

...But seriously, it got to the point where they managed to convince me that anything I liked was "bad"...that if I liked, say, the Jonas Brothers, anime, or Pirates of the Carribean like other girls my age did, that would be more acceptable.

Fortunately as I got older, I think people developed the good sense to leave what I loved absolutely alone. Now that I'm an adult, I can have as much of my special interests as I please.