This video explores what growing up in the 1960s was actually like . And why we who did find it so difficult to accept the utopian panics of today.

This was a decade that delivered the impossible and the unthinkable in equal measure. Moon landings and assassinations. Cultural earthquakes and nuclear drills. A childhood that was equal parts freedom and uncertainty. Your parents of had faith that you could handle discomfort.

And somehow, it shaped them into some of the most psychologically resilient people walking the planet today.

From the daily rituals that built independence before they even reached the classroom, to the shared moments that imprinted an entire generation with a unique relationship to hope, loss, and everything in between.

If you grew up in the 1960s, this will explain why you think the way you do. If you didn’t, this will help you understand the people who did.