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The 60s and 70s weren't the days of permissive parenting at all. That's when I grew up. I reared my children adhering strictly to a set of rules that were never questioned and pretty laid back otherwise. No meant no and I never once made idle threats. I followed through on everything. Today we have a parenting crisis. Single people having children and raising them secondary to mom's social life will take a real toll on this country. People think the millennials are a group of whacko airheads, just wait.
I grew up in the 60s and 70s and my parents weren't permissive.
It's pretty much the same in my country, Thriftymaid.
I'm glad I grew up and have lived when I did.
A pity in my opinion. 
It's a new wave everywhere, I think. Social crises are everywhere, and they can snowball out of control, We better brace ourselves for some very bad times.
And when was that, Thriftymaid?
My dad was born in 1957 and my mom was born in 1961 so they grew up in the 60's and 70's but my dad was in between permissive and authoritarian. He had some things that were really important to him and he didn't compromise on them but he didn't go overboard by making silly rules either. My mom was just kind of not really interested in being a parent.
My dad was 36 and my mom was 31 when they had me and I grew up on a farm so I got to be a free range kid. Just about everybody that went to my school that had younger parents than mine had parents that scheduled their whole day for them.
Am I to understand that you had more freedom than the others?
Yes, for the most part but I also had to help dad with farm work but after I was done helping dad I had free time but most of the other kids didn't have any free time so I went bike riding or I climbed trees or I played in the creek and caught frogs and bugs and stuff.
There were a couple of parents that freaked out about my dad letting me do all that stuff but my dad claims his way was successful because I'm 23, married, have a full time job, make about twice the median income for women in my hometown and own my own house.
Whereas many of your schoolmates are still struggling to "find themselves"?
