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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think there was a lot more parental neglect. Older kids probably did a lot of the childcare. Kids told to go off and play or do chores. No one worrying about whether they were getting too much screen time or falling behind in math or reading.[/quote] There was no screen time so no one worried about it. If you fell behind in math or reading you repeated a grade. No other options. I lived in 3 areas and don't recall parental neglect. There were large families before birth control so hand me downs were common.[/quote] How old were you that TV wasn't an option? I was born in the 60's and my parents were the "strict" parents, and had a rule of one hour of TV a day per child. Which mean that I got to watch my hour, my sister's hour, my brother's hour, the evening news, whatever show(s) my mom watched in the evening. We didn't have screentime in the car or a restaurant like kids do now, but we had plenty of it at home![/quote]
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