What I was writing about is how free wheeling life was back when I was a kid, not how irresponsible my folks were. They were not, they were very trusting and there were not a boat load of child molsters etc. out there. We were taught to be responsible at an early, early age. I would not say that my parents were bad, they just were very trusting. And we were good kids - we earned their respect.

Some of the replies to this thread seem so condeming.