Different times

Most kids today don't experience the type of parenting we had. Silent generation parents could be terse and unforgiving. 

One look told you, you had better not move a muscle. 

I watched the mother on the bus patiently talk to a toddler my mother would have likely found annoying. She corrected him as he threatened to over indulge in whining. 

As they were getting off the bus, The young boy then said goodbye to the driver in a way that surprised with its lack of shyness. It had an air of confidence about it.

Different times.