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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I love how the Catskills was like family summer camp, but high-end, with dinner and dancing every night.  Corny fun.  I wish we still had something like it these days.  [/quote]

Cruises are like that but less corny. DH and I dance a lot and I do think it's more of a lost art now, back then everyone knew how.

I wonder a lot about the childcare. Everyone just expects Zelda to do it. How does that poor woman cook, clean and take care of these kids all day? She's there until late at night too.

I was kind of shocked at her performance at the wedding. She acts like she forgot there was a Priest present, but she grew up around Rabbis and you wouldn't say those things in front of them either. [/quote]

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The childcare issue *really* bothers me.  I get that this is just a silly, fluffy show and we're not to think too deeply about it or take it seriously.  But honestly, the kids are less than props even.  No one ever interacts with them (though we occasionally will see Midge patting one on the head or reading to one briefly).  I agree with a PP who said this show would be more enjoyable (and believable) if she hadn't had kids yet.  As a mom, all I can think about is "Where are the kids?  Who's watching the kids??"  Not only Midge, but her parents seem completely disinterested in them.[/quote]

This should be a different thread, but that's probably the most realistic part of the show. In my family (UMC with a SAHM) in the 50s, kids were never read to. They didn't eat dinner with the parents. The moms went off and played cards/social functions with their friends and the kids just played outside all day. Very young kids like Esther tagged along with the housekeeper during the day, but didn't get too much attention either. Parents went out at night without anyone watching the sleeping kids. [/quote]

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