Thanks, I missed that. If it was a parody, it was a good one - complete with some terms that have changed meaning over time. I did think they were overdoing the subservient part a little much.
I grew up (fortunately) in the 60s when Mom was expected to stay home and raise the children (five in our house) while Dad spent all day earning money and making deals. Then Dad would come home, eat dinner, sit in his favorite recliner and watch TV. But Dad was not distant as a father. Often on the weekends he would do things with us or we would tag along and watch him do things around the house.
Never once was I put in day care. Never once had anyone shoved Ritalin down my throat no matter how badly I acted up. I was a lucky kid compared to many today.
I grew up at the same time you did, with a different experience. My mother stayed home until I was in kindergarten, then went back to work. We had a live-in housekeeper, so there was always someone home when I got home, her or my mother. "Day care" as we know it now didn't exist.
Divorce very nearly didn't, either. I remember one girl out of all the boomer kids in my neighborhood, whose mother was divorced - and you always said that word in a whisper!