Essays Tagged: "Father Knows Best"

This essay is about divorce in todays society. IT contains facts and figures as well as a bibliography of works cited. I got a good grade on this paper for my comp II class.

cades. Men and women raised in the 1950's and 1960's when programs such as "Ozzie and Harriet" and "Father Knows Best" epitomized the average family, are likely to find themselves in situations that h ... ull parenting load, she will continue to do so. These families are more successful when the new stepfather takes a less involved role, especially if the children are teenagers who are just beginning t ...

(8 pages) 481 2 4.0 Aug/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Description of how conformity affected the 1950's American lifestyle.

an dream. Many tried to attain the ideal family depicted on TV shows such as Leave It to Beaver and Father Knows Best. Deviating from this popular culture was the "Beat Generation."The post-war econom ... thnic problems, and where mothers never desired or were expected to work outside the home. During a Father knows Best episode it seemed that any problems facing the family could easily be solved in a ...

(3 pages) 243 1 4.2 Apr/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Shock Value On TV: How does it Effect the Audience?

In the fifties an episode of "Father Knows Best" was not allowed by the censors to air because it had a scene where a toilet could ...

(5 pages) 43 0 0.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

1950's: Not all It's Cracked Up To Be

e fifties. The perfect children and perfect families that the media portrayed for us in shows like "Father Knows Best" and "Leave it to Beaver," became the only way many of us viewed families during t ... hey will look past their fault. Chris mentions that he will still get in trouble for lying from his father even though they may become heroes; as a result of his comment, Gordie has a look of worry an ...

(7 pages) 71 1 4.8 May/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

The American family

The children are leaving for school just as father grabs his briefcase and is off to work. Meanwhile, mother finishes clearing the breakfast dis ... y filled with PTA, housework, and the preparation of a well-balanced meal to be enjoyed by all when father gets home promptly at 6:00 p.m. This would have to be a scene from "Father Knows Best", Leave ... mily life, a family should consist of a husband and a wife living together with their children. The father being the head of the family, earns the family's income, and gives his name to his wife and c ...

(6 pages) 97 1 3.5 Dec/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

"Pleasantville" by Gary Ross

where attempts at social perfection were trademarks of the domestic scene. Welcome to a world where Father knows best, where Mother cooks dinner, and where Sister and Brother's small missteps are trea ... tures, accurately endorsing the essence of the 50's-60's in shows such as "Leave it to Beaver" and "Father Knows Best." And though a disappointment for the cynical critics who expected it catchier, it ...

(3 pages) 40 0 4.6 Jul/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Fragmentation in American Families

the major forces threatening the American family today. The children are leaving for school just as father grabs his briefcase and is off to work. Mean whilst, mother finishes clearing the breakfast d ... onsibilities, household chores, and preparation of a well-balanced dinner to be enjoyed by all when father arrives home promptly at 6:00. This would have to be a scene from "Father Knows Best", "Leave ...

(10 pages) 52 0 4.0 May/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

Parents

y like style of his family dinner. " For a weeks I had drunk Kool-Aid and watched morning reruns of Father Knows Best, whose family was so uncomplicated in its routine that I very much waited to imita ... Beav," replies Wally as he taps the corners of his corners of his mouth with a starched napkin. The father looks on in his suit. The mother, decked out in earrings and a pearl necklace, cuts into her ...

(4 pages) 1342 0 0.0 May/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Rabbit, run happy endings

ob to bring in the income. It was the wife's job to make sure that dinner was on the table when the father came home from work. Television during this time period exemplified the priorities in a women ... on during this time period exemplified the priorities in a women's life by showing programs such as Father Knows Best, and The Life of Riley. Steven Mintz said in his chapter Families of the Fifties, ...

(13 pages) 11 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry