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This is the first 1,000 characters of 686 words (2.74 pages) in the essay titled Family values Leave it to Beaver and Ozzie and Harriet:A. Conservatives say that families like the Nelsons are making a comeback and want to make public policy to protect traditional families and return 1950 s definition of family. B. Liberals claim that fewer than 10% of all families meet this definition and believe that if they can prove this is on an irreversible slide toward extinction that they cannot justify introduce any new family policy. C. Both sides assume that if the 1950s family existed today we would not have our contemporary social dilemmas. D. The 1950s at first glance were a pro-family period. Many working class families moved into the suburbs and achieved the American Dream of a house and a car. Divorce and illegitimacy rates were half what they are today and the marriages were almost universally praised. Family and marriage were thought to be the center of life. II. The Novelty of the 1950s Family A. Families of the 1950s began marrying younger and bore children younger compared to previous generations. B. The nuclear family was a new concept. The Great Depression and Second World War had reinforced extended family ties but this was plagued with generational conflict. C. These new family trends for the first time in our history crossed all race and class boundaries. D. The growing tendency for women was to find, housework a medium of expression for…[their] feminity and individuality. Consumer spending increased and women especially purchased mo... |
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Keywords: 1950s, ozzie and harriet, leave it to beaver, social welfare problems, poverty, family ties, illegitimacy, new values, generational conflict, class boundaries, social dilemmas, family trends, feminity, traditional families, class families, nelsons, nuclear family, american families, housework, consumer spending