However, people born in the 1950s were raised differently from the rest of us. They were expected to manage their own boredom without screens, solve their own problems without parental oversight, and ...

If you grew up in the 1950s, your childhood probably included at least one treasured collection carefully stashed in a shoebox, cigar tin, or dresser drawer. From sports heroes to shiny pocket change, ...

Everyday life in the 1950s revolved around a tight set of household tools you used constantly, from the moment you woke up to the time you went to bed. If you grew up in that decade, you probably ...

In a recent post I contended that a major cause of the continuous rise in teens’ suicides from 1950 to 1990 was a continuous decline over this period in opportunities for kids to engage in the sorts ...

Here’s a favorite childhood memory, and other memorable downtown Lancaster thoughts from the mid-1950s. I remember catching the 10:14 bus (that’s the time it stopped at Roseville Road and Lititz Pike) ...

JANESVILLE — They came from throughout Rock County with their instruments. City kids and farm kids—all connected by a love of music, which included “The Bunny Hop.” They were members of the Rock ...