What was happening on the home front during the late 1960s?

Answer 1

Life was much the same as now-- if you subtract cell phones, mobile phones, Cable Television (only had local stations), internet (and computers!), microwaves--people were spending more time reading, talking to one another and other activities. Probably more mothers were working at home, kids were walking/biking in groups to school and food was cooked and eaten at home. Generally, families did more things together as a unit. Parents drank coffee and many of them smoked around us; neighbors spent time talking while the kids played outside. McDonalds was in its infancy as far as fast food went. I think Bonanza was one of the first TV shows that was in color--around 1964. Flintstones was on during prime time and Saturday Cartoons were Heckel & Jeckel, Tom & Jerry, Mighty Mouse, Roadrunner, Casper the Friendly Ghost and so on. Not many TVs had remotes; TVs had tubes, and could be adjusted with a good slap on the side of the TV. Girls wore dresses to school. These dresses were made mostly of cotton. There were Keds and Converse, but not Nikes or any of the other shoes that came out in the 70s. Most car tires had tubes, ran on regular gas and few had air conditioning. Most of us didn't lock our cars or houses. School rooms were very much the same--minus the TV, computers, and teacher phones. There were no calculators, so everyone showed the work on their papers. Papers were handwritten in your best handwriting on lined paper--in pen. We had pen erasers to erase errors. The first copy was written on every other line in pencil. Young people who had babies either adopted them out or got married to each other. Fewer women went to college--than men.