rant · moment 9 of 26
90s Parenting: Watching Se7en and Casino as a Kid
from #194 - We're Going Home | The Tim Dillon Show · #194
3 min
Tim recalls his father's laissez-faire parenting style of letting him watch violent R-rated movies and adult conversations as a child, including a memorable dinner party story about a man joking of pushing his wife out an attic window.
- Tim's father let him watch Stephen King's The Stand as a child during the 90s because his parenting style was to allow him to watch most things.
- Movies like Se7en, Dead Man Walking, and Casino were fair game—no restrictions on violent or mature content.
- Boomer parents with one child would take their kid to dinner with friends rather than hire a babysitter, exposing the child to adult conversation.
- Tim's father never censored himself around his son, talking freely about dark topics like wanting to harm his wife or using drugs.
- Tim recalls a drunk man at a dinner table saying he sometimes wanted to push his wife out an attic window while other men laughed over red wine.