How did our mother's survive?

How did our mother's survive our childhood without drinking or being on mood altering drugs? I look at simple childhood things and wonder since I want to just keep my little ones from doing everything that could get them hurt.

Monkey bars! What the heck? We did them all the time AND climbed and sat on top of them. Nicolas is good at ours now and I always gets scared he will fall and break a bone. Really frustrated when the swingset company puts them on so that the swings can get tangled in his feet plus the other side has no ladder so they have to drop down in when the get to the other side.

Here Nicolas shows Meemaw his monkey bar talent when she stopped by to drop off a plant. Lexi, of course, needed to show her talents too. Luckily she is not ready to do it without daddy's help.

Later, his friend Cooper and his mom were over for a bit. Cooper and Nicolas started swinging and jumping off the swing when it was high in the air. NO! Not a good idea right? Yep, I remember doing that too as a kid. But it was different then. The ground was softer... our bones were stronger... the air was more cushioned. I am sure of it!