The upbringing Sheldon describes in TBBT (alcoholic father, house on wheels, etc.) is not the one shown in Young Sheldon. Young Sheldon should be a much darker and more depressing show for it to be accurate. I know this because I was born in east Texas in 1985 (not far from Medford per the weather map Mandy points at during her interview at the news station). When Sheldon was describing his life as a child in TBBT, I could picture exactly what he was talking about because I grew up here. Young Sheldon does not convey it accurately.
