What we really miss about the 1950's

Looking at this story by Stephanie Coontz, it is obvious that she put a lot of time into this by gathering all of this research. She had all sorts of statistics, which showed the reader what people liked and disliked about this era, as well as other decades. One thing that I noticed, is the fact that she makes the 1950's sound like it was the most desireable until she shows that statistics, and talks about the interviews that were done with happy couples that showed this was not necessarily the case.


The interviews showed that many women did not want to live as their mothers did. women were treated differently back in those days, and These women didn't want that for themselves. I feel that each decade had its own significance, but they each had their problems as well. I do agree that with our children, there are things that were easier about 50's. we have to watch things a lot closer than they had to back in those days. Today things have gotten worse as far as keeping track of what our children are reading and watching. I do also think that kids have had some benefits from this era, so in reality there are a lot of things wrong with this world today but we can't forget the good that has come as well.