It was the same here.
There was discipline, you had security in knowing where the boundries were.

Nowadays kids can do what the fuck they like, safe in the knowledge that the parents don't care and the Police are too cowed by paperwork and Political Correctness to do anything.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Thu 24 Apr 2008, 11:59, Reply)