I wasn’t around in ‘62, but my parents had the same philosophy. Us kids behaved in public or we got our backsides warmed. It never ceases to amaze me the behavior some parents will allow from their children in a store or a restaurant these days.
Problem is, tanning a kid’s jacket in public these days will get you a visit by CPS and likely end up with your kids in foster care, fodder for the molesters there and you facing criminal charges for child abuse.