tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post4176132379588920446..comments2024-01-03T01:40:26.911-08:00Comments on Life Drawings: 9 October 1957 “Leave it to Beaver Premiers”50sgalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-74023316098075440902011-10-12T06:44:11.931-07:002011-10-12T06:44:11.931-07:00It is quite true that in ways we are safer today, ...It is quite true that in ways we are safer today, but it is NOT true that there were MORE drugs and people in prison in the 50's. In fact the building of prisons and their becoming, themselves, a corporation in private hands has been increased 10 fold since the 1980s. The 1950's was just beginning to see the change in 'teen' atitudes more towards what they called 'juvenile delinquents'. This was mainly due to the increase amount of free time (less labor and less on farms) and more easy to buy things allowed the teen than ever before.<br />And you cannot tell me that 1950's high schools had police at the door checking for guns and drugs every day!50sgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-28257114717099526202011-10-11T18:17:33.392-07:002011-10-11T18:17:33.392-07:00Sorry, but I disagree, we didn't have many dru...Sorry, but I disagree, we didn't have many drugs as we have now, and by the way my grandma used to talk about her youth with me, things were much more peaceful than now. Of course things weren't perfect, but we didn't have that much of alchoolic or drug addicted teens as we have now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-30597114741003890822011-10-11T17:05:07.716-07:002011-10-11T17:05:07.716-07:00The world really is not "scarier" than i...The world really is not "scarier" than it used to be. It is just that It is just that people hear more stories now due to radio, TV and computer coverage. You could scare yourself witless if you expose yourself to too much media coverage. There were just as many perverts, rapists, murderers, etc in the 1950s as there are now, the coverage was just more limited. There were more alcoholics, unemployed and homeless families because there was no welfare. Don't think that the 1950s were all rosy and fun just because the "Leave it to Beaver" and "Donna Reed" show show them as such. The prisons were still full and people were on death row.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-58192789389849802512011-10-10T22:59:33.878-07:002011-10-10T22:59:33.878-07:00I remember Leave It to Beaver. I lived the 50s ch...I remember Leave It to Beaver. I lived the 50s childhood and their life was in so many ways the way our lives were. The times he rode his bike all over,even alone, and visited the firemen and such and watched the workmen. I remember times like that. Life was so unscary back then. Many of the shows back then taught morals and consequences. Remember back then the bad men even wore black hats in the cowboy shows so you would be sure to know who was bad. :) Yes there were also some goofie shows even back then too! Thank you for the trip down memory lane :) SarahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-37918085478721890122011-10-10T13:41:10.416-07:002011-10-10T13:41:10.416-07:00I agree with you, 50's gal! It's considere...I agree with you, 50's gal! It's considered politically incorrect to criticize day cares nowadays, but I believe that a parent at home is better than day care. Even a nanny or relative is better than day care! Some kids will of course turn out okay, but I think it is very hard for a mother to work full time and come home to discipline her kids as well as do all the homemaking...I could never do it!<br /><br />You make good observations about the media. The way kids act nowadays speaks for itself. There are of course still a lot of polite kids nowadays, but it is becoming the exception rather than the rule. Kids in general do not get the same amount of discipline they used to get.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-87133316135088374792011-10-10T07:06:28.010-07:002011-10-10T07:06:28.010-07:00I've actually never seen an episode of this sh...I've actually never seen an episode of this show all the way through, I think I've only encountered it while flipping through channels. Maybe the fact that the story centered around two boys turned me off of it. My personal favorite from the 50's is the Donna Reed Show, but will have to wait until next year 1958 for that. ;)Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06961949757283263982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-12925986362059421782011-10-09T16:52:05.425-07:002011-10-09T16:52:05.425-07:00marilyn-my sentiments exactly. Though I was NOT th...marilyn-my sentiments exactly. Though I was NOT there when it originally aired, when I watch it now I see that with the entertainment comes easy lessons. Easy in that they are not preachy but common sense notions of how we should treat one another, what is fair to all. <br />Rebby-that sounds great, I would love to see what type of pantry products they have.<br />Anon-you made my day! It is so NICE to hear that there are many hard working families that are raising kids with common sense and not just appeasing them with computer/ipads/texting/tv/video games. I was actually being serious, as I felt that was the truth for the majority of people, but if I am wrong, that is a wonderful thing to be wrong about.<br />ON the way home this evening from our friends birthday dinner we were driving next to a huge SUV which had three rows of seats. IN the second and back rows were two flip down tv screens. They were both playing the exact SAME thing and the kids in both rows were staring mindlessly at them. I thought it odd that not even one screen with those in back simply looking at that one screen would not be enough but the decadence of the double screens with the same show and the amount of mindless 'entertainment' pumped into children (And adults) is often staggering to me.<br />I hope YOU are right and that the majority are NOT this way.50sgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-18774039751934101082011-10-09T15:44:10.326-07:002011-10-09T15:44:10.326-07:0050s Gal,
I assume that you are not being serous wh...50s Gal,<br />I assume that you are not being serous when you say "masses of youth who are today mostly raised by TV/Computer and over crowded day care." You could not possibly believe that is true. Do not buy into the mass media and TV sitcom & reality show portrails of modern families. There are plenty of decent, hard-working, 2 parent, single income, traditional families right here is Massachusetts. They are in the parks, and the churches and in the communities doing right and good. More people (and I don't mean you)should turn off the media and go outside for their "reality show" and I think that they would be pleasantly surprises by what they see.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-68541956385800254602011-10-09T14:39:05.193-07:002011-10-09T14:39:05.193-07:00Hey 50sgal! I've read your blog for a year or...Hey 50sgal! I've read your blog for a year or so now, and I absolutely love it! I got a magazine in the mail today called the "Good Old Days Store" and there are a lot of things from the 50s in there, including pantry items in their 50s-designed packages. I flipped through it today and immediately thought of you! Thanks for all your great posts.Rebbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06090575423604956620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-40349758212357617672011-10-09T10:06:38.403-07:002011-10-09T10:06:38.403-07:00I gotta say, I'm old enough to have experience...I gotta say, I'm old enough to have experienced watching Leave it to Beaver when the originals debuted. They might seem kinda corny now but they taught valuable life lessons that most shows don't today. Respect, honesty and morals were the backbone of a lot of the old shows, we need more of that today! Just my 2¢ worth! ;)Marilynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15297960772185847104noreply@blogger.com