The 1960s middle-class ideal: one income, six kids, a housekeeper. By the 1990s, both parents had to work to afford the same lifestyle. Today's version looks different still, raising the question of what the American Dream actually means now.
Somehow America convinced us— this is a show that came out 60 years ago— it was normal for a husband to go to work, a guy named Greg, had a wife that stayed home, Carol, with 6 kids and a full-time housekeeper named Alice. And that was just normal middle class, and we bought it hook, line, and sinker. Can I ask you a question? If you heard about a family with a stay-at-home wife with 6 kids and a full-time housekeeper, does that sound like normal middle class to you today? So 60 years ago, that was normal. 30 years later, it was normal for husband and wife both to work to afford life. Today, here's where we're at.
