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fought for healthier homes https://wams.nyhistory.org/modernizing-america/modern-womanhood/ellen-swallow-richards/
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women were homemakers and children were present going to school
https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/topic_display.cfm?tcid=74#:~:text=It%20was%20only%20in%20the,not%20in%20the%20libertine%20sixties. -
had families delay marriages and divorce rates were low because people couldn't pay to be separated
https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/active_learning/explorations/children_depression/depression_children_menu.cfm#:~:text=The%20Depression%20had%20a%20powerful,households%20or%20pay%20legal%20fees. -
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children worked part time jobs and women started working to provide for family
https://online.csp.edu/resources/article/the-evolution-of-american-family-structure/#:~:text=Depression%20and%20War&text=However%2C%20by%201940%20almost%202,wives%20supplemented%20the%20family%20income.%E2%80%9D -
Father, mother and two children was average, times became more stable for families economically, children were more valued https://www.lovetoknow.com/life/relationships/1950s-family-structure-values-everyday-life#:~:text=So%2C%20the%20stereotypical%20nuclear%20family,role%20as%20housewives%20and%20mothers.
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children were grown and living in the household still at 18
https://www.census.gov/library/publications/1962/dec/population-pc-s1-38.html#:~:text=In%2039.6%20million%20families%2C%20or,old)%20living%20in%20the%20household. -
People wanted to ask questions and be curious about different things, women should have equal pay as men started to abrouse
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marriage rates decreased while divorce rates increased during this time, Margaret Thatcher advocated for traditional stable family unit
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children were beginning to live with parents who weren't married as this generation was breaking tradition to not be married but still have kids together, parents were starting to work and not have time for their kids as well. https://www.proquest.com/openview/1b852b0caa97d7cf6d7fc3f91c18e645/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=31079#:~:text=Majorities%20characterize%20as%20%22a%20family,with%20parenting%20in%20the%201990s.
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Parents started to pay more attention to their children, however they were helicopter parents who wanted to take over children's lives and be way too involved.
https://www.verywellfamily.com/millennial-parents-raising-children-4158549#:~:text=1990s%2D%202000s%3A%20With%20helicoptering%2C,until%20bedtime%2C%20than%20ever%20before.