HISB41H3 Lecture Notes - Baby Boom, Washing Machine, Media Culture
Document Summary
Exam: 4 short answer questions and one long essay. Images of 50s, consumer goods, housewives, idealized suburban lifestyle. Only a reality for certain sectors of the canadian population. Baby boom 12. 1 million in 45, doubled to 22. 7 mill in 1975. Factors: high rate of marriage in the post war period, many people had postponed their marriages. Average age of marriage is younger, people are getting married at a younger age, and they are also having children at a faster rate. Women are only waiting 1. 5 years to have their first child compared to 2 years. Increase in the number of children in canada, dramatic pressure on the school system. New schools were built and educating teachers, rise in the professionalism of teachers, more teachers being trained and more schools being built. Mother, father and psychologists interested in child rearing and personality development. Designed to instruct parents on how to raise children, normal" children.
