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(Born in the '40's) and by jove, I believe you're right! Pre-Kennedy death, we were more innocent. After his death, it seemed like more people scrambled for "security" and the dawn of "PC" was invented.

I remember laying on our stomachs in the living room, listening to all the cool radio shows while eating ice cream.
Victory garden during WWII.
Saving foil for the war effort.
WOODEN milk cases on the porch.
Saturday morning fun club started at 9:00 and lasted till 1:00.
Soap in mouth, learning manners - the hard way, sometimes.
Total respect for elders.
Lying was grounds for serious injury!
Forts, fields, kick the can, marbles, dolls.
No "kid safe" toys. Everything was home made and had straight edges (OH HORRORS!)
No car seats, no seat belts.

My grandmother told me when SHE was a kid, they weren't even allowed to yell OUTSIDE if the house windows were open and the adults inside might be disturbed(!!)

Don't forget dinner...
No elbows on the table.
No talking unless spoken to by an adult.
Mother was always served first.
Three of us rotated who would clear and clean, wash, dry and put away the dishes.
Permission to leave the table.

Ah, for the sound of Martin Block and the Hit Parade with the top ten hits.....Saturday mornings.........before TV and Dick Clark. Unfortunately poor Martin was not pretty and his disk jockey days were over, but that voice was deep velvet.