The Standards Of An Ideal Family In The 1960's

A family is the most precious identity a person can have. An individual whether from a noble, average or poor family can be distinguished by their discipline, character, behavior, customs and living conditions. Every generation parents and children illustrate different patterns and behaviors in family lifestyles prior to the previous ones. Family contributes to an individual’s growth, thinking and behavior. The standards for an ideal family back in 1960s are extremely different than the standards held by an ideal family today. The principles marriage, on what a family consisted of, father’s leadership skills, wife’s job, how they managed families, families having meals together, families attending church and children respecting parents …show more content…
The children would all be seated at the table, and the wife would serve her husband first and then everybody else would have dinner. Families would always attend church, children would participate in choir, catechism and be baptized among other things depending on the religion. In the 2000s the ideal family have meals at different times since everybody has different work schedules. Often fathers work the night shifts and mothers could work late evenings, making it very hard to have meals together. Now a day, the wife does not serve the husband first, everybody just serves themselves and they eat it at their own time and pace. Families do not attend church since the time is limited, and the few times they have they prioritize other customs. In the 1960s the ideal family would have the children obey their parent’s rules and regulations. Children had a bedtime, they could not be out until whatever time they wanted, they had to talk only when allowed and they had to speak in a certain manner. Respect was held always, and if children failed to obey their parents, a little spanking would take place. This ensured the children knew what was expected of …show more content…
For instance, the ideal family in 1950s structure changed such as being pure and innocent before matrimony, families also relied on the husband to be the head of the household, the wife had to be a stay home mother in charge of cooking and cleaning, wife could not have a job or career, families would have meals together, also families would attend church on occasion and children had respect for their parents. The ideal family in the 2000s structure changed by having sexual intercourses prior to marriage, the husband and wife they compromise and make decisions together, the duties at home are now divided between husband and wife, the wife is seeking education and having a career, families have meals at different times, families do not attend church and children barely respect their parents. The ideal family has been changed throughout history and will continue to change for the next