Father Knows Best

Another old television show from the 1950's is 'Father Knows Best' or did he. This program starred Robert Young and Jane Wyatt along with Elinor Donahue, Billy Gray and Lauren Chapin. The basic premise of the show was that dad was the person who knew all the answers to all the problems that occurred but was he really. There was always some problem and the show centered on one child's or parent's issue to get at a solution whether it was Betty getting ready for graduation, Bud getting a new car somehow or Cathy getting into trouble over what she has done or some other misunderstanding. The father went out to work, the mother stayed home and made the perfect home right down to vacuuming the walls for any dust. Boys did boy things and girls did girl things. To me I like how I was raised in the 1970's and we had a choice if boys wanted to playhouse/school or whatever or if the girls wanted to race bikes or play with trucks who cared. Oh, there were questions raised but we did our own thing.