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Some Kid Facts
Or... Kids? Not So Much.
- In 1970, 73.6 percent of women, ages 25-29, had already entered
their child rearing years and were living with at least one minor
child of their own.
- Only half the country's total pregnancies from 1970-75 ended in
"legitimate" live births. "Illegitimate" births rose from 7 to 8.5
per cent, and legally aborted births skyrocketed from 3.4 to nearly
20 per cent of all pregnancies.
- One-third of all first births in the first half of the 1970s
were conceived before marriage, and one in 10 of all remarried
women's children were born between marriages.
What's for Lunch?
Head Start Programs Scheduled ..."Center based programs will begin in Tyrone and Bellwood Area. Fifteen children will be enrolled in each. In addition one Home - Based program will be operating in the Mines area of Williamsburg, serving no more than 10 children.
Both center - based and home - based programs share all the Head Start components, planned education, parent involvement, health and social services. The center - based program operates four days each week with children being brought to the center, the fifth day the classroom staff work with the parents in their home, involving them in their child's educational process. Each home is visited once in two weeks."
Tyrone Daily Herald, October 16th, 1975... | SURVEY OF THE DECADES - CHILDREN & FAMILY
Raising Children in the 1970s
What was it like to have children in the 1970s?
Oh
Flowwwer
Children....(Actually,
it was the kids born in the late 50s and early 60s that became flower
children...Like...If you're going to San Francisco, be
sure and wear...
some flowers in your hair...) (La La La...etc.)
<<== One cause of flower children.
 ...
including children of various ages... read two of their stories in the
following box "Kids and Communes"
Kids and Communes
- Charlotte is 24, an Air Force brat who got on booze, psychedelic drugs and the whole sex scene in high school, dropping out at 17, contemplating suicide. "That's when I came to Synanon. It's my life now."
- Drew, 15, is from Los Angeles, and has told his story so
many times it sounds rehearsed. "When 1 was 10 my parents
separated. My mother remarried. My stepfather didn't like me and
I didn't like him. I stole money from his wallet and pants
pockets and lied to him. He beat me.. I ran away at 12. A cop
found me sleeping on a bench and wanted to take me home. I
didn't want to go so went to a boys' home until getting lonesome
for my mom. But it was the same, stealing, messing around,
fighting, getting beat up by my stepfather."
He ran away again. In three days he got caught.
"I didn't want to go home. Mom had heard about Synanon. ...I've
been in four months. I'm in the punk squad. That's for people
who need to be tamed. We get up at 4:30. We exercise and run. We
have inspection. If the bed ain't right we have to do it until
it is. If we don't follow, the rules we have to do pushups or -
get knocked around. We don't get school, until we earn it."
Kaiser interjected: "Education is a privilege, not a right;
These people have to learn to get along before they can go to
school."
Follow up:
Children of Synanon,1996 **
Synanon Museum (Official Site)
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What's My Name?
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Top Baby Names of 19701. Michael, Jennifer2. James, Lisa3. David, Kimberly4. John, Michelle5. Robert, Amy
Top Baby Names of 19711. Michael, Jennifer2. James, Michelle3. David, Lisa4. John, Kimberly5. Robert, Amy
Top Baby Names of 19721. Michael, Jennifer2. Christopher, Michelle3. James, Lisa4. David, Kimberly5. John, Amy
Top Baby Names of 19731. Michael, Jennifer2. Christopher, Amy3. Jason, Michelle4. James, Kimberly5. David, Lisa
Top Baby Names of 19741. Michael, Jennifer2. Jason, Amy3. Christopher, Michelle4. David, Heather5. James, Angela
Top Baby Names of 19751. Michael, Jennifer2. Jason, Amy3. Christopher, Heather4. James, Melissa5. David, Angela
Top Baby Names of 19761. Michael, Jennifer2. Jason, Amy3. Christopher, Melissa4. David, Heather5. James, Angela
Top Baby Names of 19771. Michael, Jennifer2. Jason, Melissa3. Christopher, Amy4. David, Jessica5. James, Heather
Top Baby Names of 19781. Michael, Jennifer2. Jason, Melissa3. Christopher, Jessica4. David, Amy5. James, Heather
Top Baby Names of 19791. Michael, Jennifer2. Christopher, Melissa3. Jason, Amanda4. David, Jessica5. James, Amy
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