The term "rock-and-roll" caught on when it was coined in 1952. The only two stories I remember from it now are Naughty Little Suck-a-Thumb and Shock-Headed Peter. If a child was drowsy, the overlooker touches the child on the shoulder and says, Come here. Both traditional and modern Chine, Every culture has a unique set of values, traditions, and norms that sets them apart from other cultures throughout the world. It wasn't uncommon for a girl to marry and begin having children shortly after high school graduation. var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-117827-1"); It logically follows that we can choose to pick out the "good" parts about what it was like to be a child in the 1950s and avoid the "bad" parts and integrate them into what it means to be a child today. Caricature by George Cruikshank of a school flogging (1839). Newsreels and Hollywood warned of a crisis of juvenile delinquency. Whether you need to fix, build, create or learn, eHow gives you practical solutions to the problems life throws at you. Girls were not groomed or encouraged to attend college, and if their parents did provide them with higher education, it was with the expectation that they'd meet a suitable husband and have a career they could fall back on. From "rod and reproof" to trusting in children. Cunha is also completing her master's degree in mass communication. These books were a recent memory for our parents. Had she only hit her child repeatedly, without leaving marks, she would have been on the right side of the law in all 50 states. Students knelt on sharp objects or stood for long periods of time. As teenagers, they dominated the popular culture of the 1950s and 1960s, buying clothing and records. Teachers commonly used corporal punishment in the form of a switch, cowhide or ruler, Kafka has written.