Responding to Drew, yes I raised 3 daughters in that time period. Fortunately, I had worked for 3 pediatricians while going to college, and had been beat over the head by them with teaching responsibility, independence and not letting my children grow up as unresponsible brats. (And no I wasn't married and didn't have any children at the time.)

In fact, I took my girls out of public school, in one of the US's richest school districts which had bought into the no responsibility stuff and had NO grades. Just pass or fail, didn't want to hurt anyones feelings. I put them in private religious school, and found they were behind their expected grade level. I did not buy into the Dr. Spock mantra. By the way, I believe he had one son, who committed suicide.

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