Your childhood sounds a lot like mine,first black and white tv etc. I had six siblings in a house that today I would consider a bit small for just my wife and me.
I had 2 parents and I don't even remember any of my friends who didn't have 2 parents. My dad worked and mom took care of the kids, they loved us and not one of us were ever abused although at the time I thought my dad was a little liberal with the punishment, we were cared for and well fed. It was the norm where I lived and grew up in the 50s.
What's wrong with America today? Too many damned liberals for too long have shoved their social agenda down everybodies throat. The result is crime, welfare and abortions by the millions.
A good life can still be had though. I raised 4 kids, worked hard and saved all my life and am now retired and enjoying my grand kids and one great grand son, (and that handsome lad can be seen by clicking my screen name)
"What's wrong with America today? Too many damned liberals for too long have shoved their social agenda down everybodies throat. The result is crime, welfare and abortions by the millions.
Isn't this a consequence of excessive wealth? Too many people with too much money who have nothing to do but promote their pet cause?
You won't see many activists in countries where everyone has to work all the time to make a living.
My dad paid off his house before he bought his first car. It was a '58 Ford Fairlane. I remember when the dealer brought it over and my dad gave him the check. It was for the unthinkably large sum of $1400, I believe, and my dad let me hold it. I thought I was working for Brinks.
Pagan Babies, May Shrines, and the Knights of Columbus with their swords and capes during midnight mass on Christmas. The Angelus bell ringing at 6:00 in the evening. Incense and interminable Latin chants during Holy Week. The aromas of potica and shumka baking in my grandmothers' ovens. A little mining town buried under snow. A vanished world.
God Bless America!