>>I succeeded in that quest.
Kids my age were not far behind. “Dazed and confused”... strategically.
Very thankful for my parents and the little seeds of wisdom they planted for when they were not there.
Many of my peers were not so fortunate.
My two older brothers and I didn’t’ have any parents in the home, at least not at night. My divorced mother had to work to make ends meet and we were all latchkey kids.