Why did your parents, who only let you use the regular computer for homework, let you use your calculator for programming? Is it possible that your identity-bui

Why did your parents, who only let you use the regular computer for homework, let you use your calculator for programming? Is it possible that your identity-building time spent creating SimCity for the TI-82 was not something deliberately enabled by your parents' somewhat closed-minded attitude toward technology, and was, instead, a "waste of time" that they simply failed to realize was happening?