People who were kids in the 1960s, largely late baby boomers and older Gen Xers, learned many life lessons that are sadly rare today, given the rise of gentle and overprotective parenting trends.

Whether people realized it or not, parenting was often reflected by the era that children were being brought up into. The way moms and dads raised their kids in the 1960s looks wildly different than ...

Growing up in the 1960s meant living alongside some very particular worries. Some came from the news, some from school, and some from the ordinary risks of a world with fewer safeguards than today's.