My daughter's reasoning made a lot of sense to me when I look back on my early life. My mother and father grew up in 1930's Manchester. Both came from poor but proud working class families and their values and work ethics were forged in what were undoubtedly harsh conditions. Even though I am a child of the 1950's and 60's and I wasn't brought up in such a tough and impoverished environment, these values were passed on to me and remain very much a part of me, and I in turn, am passing them on to my own children.