Social Skills in the Making? II

During that era were the first experiences of child glorification. Parents of the baby-boomers who grew up during WWII were products of a war-time economy where a paternal figure was lacking in the lives of many who were fighting continentally. When the war’s ceased and the economy was rejuvenated—for many in their consciousness and lifetime, the economy was made favorable and the nation broke into a passionate state of love with an abundance of children as the product. Ever-instilled hard work ethic meant that large, nuclear families could thrive with the mother at home. That was the first point in American culture where children became glorified. That point in time marked the beginning of advertisement as it stands and is ever-revolutionizing toward today which is so geared toward teenagers. Entertainment was becoming more and more family oriented. With the out-break of television, cartoons became an obvious craze consuming a great amount of broadcast time. The nuclear family with the stay-at-home mom who would devote all of herself to raising her children was now no longer a luxury but a social expectation.

Although the coining of Dr. Sears’ term did not occur until several decades proceeding, attached parenting began with the start of a cultural revolution where children and teenagers propel culture. Perhaps this is the result of attached parenting that Sears either expected or that occurred in effect of those aspects of Sears’ideal that have yet to be discovered. It will be interesting to see how these play out in adult culture as these generations from the seventies on will contain characteristics exclusive to this style of up-bringing. I would be just as curious to find out whether this style will become more or less popularized, especially as it is used by people who aren’t even aware of attached-parenting as a practice. This lends to the fact that it is probably becoming more and more ingrained in culture.