I think there are two factors for this in my case: - My environment wasn't batshit crazy, my parents environment was. In part because of their class, in anothe

I think there are two factors for this in my case: - My environment wasn't batshit crazy, my parents environment was. In part because of their class, in another part because of the time. - They gave me advice that they couldn't get, like "don't smoke, don't do drugs, alcohol is bad for you in the long run, etc." Back then people simply didn't know, or didn't know well enough. I'm sure I'd turn out like them if I'd have lived in their circumstances. The world is simply becoming a better place, and in part it's because around 1945 it was an awefully shitty one to such an extent that the world was still reeling from it in the seventies. I daresay that it takes 2 generations to smooth the sharpest of edges. Disclaimer: armchair historian here.