The 60's.....I was 9 - 19 during the 60's.....
It was a time when.....
You could understand most of the words to a song...and they weren't cuss words
You could spend your 17th summer working in Yellowstone Park (as a girl, without your parents) and be safe. You could also hitchhike around the park with others (although I had two scary experiences with that.)
School administrators made sure you followed the RULES...including....no skirt hems above the knees....no pants worn to school for girls (including NO CULOTTES). Dress was expected to be NON provacative. Guys had to have their shirts tucked in and got HACKS in the hallway (Paddling) if they misbehaved.
You rarely heard the "F" word....and never on TV
You could pick strawberries, raspberries and beans and make enough money to buy your school clothes, and have some left over.
Minimum wage was around $1.50 an hour (late 60's)
School was relatively challenging....I took 1 year of Latin and 2 years of French.
I could go on....but I got to go do other things....
I've listened to some psychedellic rock and have to disagree there on the cussing part. The Jefferson Airplane song "We Can Be Together" had the "f" word in it.