My brother Kevin and I talked at length years ago after our parents passed. We both decided that our parents taught us right from wrong, got us involved in church and Christian youth groups around St. Louis, and pretty much left us alone. They were the opposite of helicopter parents. We pretty much discovered everything on our own with minimal guidance. I’m not so sure that’s at all very bad. As far as college went, they honestly had no clue as far as preparing us for college. They grew up in Arkansas in the 30’s from farm families. My dad said he would pay for all our college if we decided to go. We basically went a year or two at junior college and that was it. I kind of considered myself the last of the Mohicans in that respect. I got into the Metrology field like my dad and never looked back. Good tradesmen are retiring by the thousands now and aren’t being replaced very fast. Kind of a shame really.