Things were horrible in the 1950’s. There were no homeless on the streets for kids to interact with, so how was a kid to learn how good he had it living with a roof over their head? There were very few TVs and only a few channels, so kids played outside and in parks, and got too much exercise and got bruises because they didn’t have layers of fat. Most homes had single wage-earners so Mom was always around to interact with their kids, and force them to follow rules and social norms. Teachers actually expected kids to listen and learn, and kids were punished for disobeying. There was little free stuff from government, you were forced to earn it.
Yeah, so horrible! (I wish things were like the 1950’s.)