Paper Topic:

1950's gender roles

American family

This appears to run counter to how typical ' mothers cope with such problems such as in one episode in Ozzie and Harriet ' in 1953 where the couple (who play themselves ) were debating on giving their children their own bedrooms , leaving Harriet to think Ozzie must want his own bedroom separate from hers . Unlike Olsen 's mother , Harriet appears to be very much in control on what goes on in the household and does not want to let things to go out of hand ( Separate Rooms

The end of the

Second World War has caused the United States , in particular , to enjoy an economic boom which led to prosperity in most places . However , as families and households were prospering or their standards of living were improving for the better , there was an adverse side effect that came with it . The erosion of traditional family values since the 1950s has contributed to further juvenile delinquency among the youth . Many parents are not spending quality time with their children like in the past decades . Children are constantly being left on their own while their parents take to work in to continually provide for the family

Wives , out of economic necessity and personal freedom , also took up the cudgels of helping her husband provide for the family as the growing standards of living makes it difficult for one parent (father ) alone to support a family and for the wife /mother to stay home and look after the children . Without any parental guidance , children get caught up in mischievous behavior , such as drug and alcohol abuse , earlier sexual behavior , failure to attend school and get in trouble with the law This would cause a chain reaction as these youths get older and without any values to guide them produce failed families with their...

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