How much privacy did your parents demand when you were younger?

All of these family oriented questions made me think about when I was little and I knew where everything was in my mom’s room and I could sit on her bed and chat for hours. When she got remarried (now divorced), her new husband wouldn’t allow any of the kids to sit on the bed or even be in the room. I understand a couples privacy but he often demanded outrageous things that hurt us as a family. That was a major shock to me because I had never heard of anything that ridiculous. We were so family oriented before. I could never do that to my children.
What was, and is, your family like in this aspect?