I think that's true of our generation....after parents I would say teachers and in my case it would be nuns...they knew how to influence their students.
The nuns over taught my son about the evils of alcohol. I ended up having to stop drinking beer at home, for a while, so my son wouldn't get on my case. So I switched to red table wine, all for my health.
And I kept getting called to school as my son got into several fights. I had taught him to not take any crap from anyone and to stand his ground. That didn't go over well with the nuns.