I travelled home from the hospital in 1970 in a cardboard box. No one said anything. The twins weren't allowed in the car until the health and safety Stasi had written a risk assessment on our car seats.
Great isn't it, dads often get a bad rap for not spending time with their kids and when they do, the pc brigade get stumped so moan about something else.
Back when we were kids and knew the value of stuff ,this wouldn't have been anything to worry about