My mom never used "because I said so," and instead explained WHY, the only time she ran out of whys was when we were a certain age and kept asking why way past any explanations 🤣

My dad would go do some physical exploration, either on his bike or kayak, and I'd ask to go with him. He always said yes!

Other than that we were pretty much left alone.

But also, alcohol never interested me, so that helped keep me out of trouble 🤣🤣