kids could play outdoors, walk uptown, walk in the countryside without being raped or kidnapped. It WAS a great time.
Yes, when I finally moved from the country to a small city on the gulfcoast of Mississippi, there were 2 movie theaters. We could walk to town, take the bus, or our parents would drop us off at the movies. No misbehaving at the movies or you were out of the show and your parents would hear about it. No one bothered you. The days are gone but at least we got to live them - not so with the kids today. So sad.
Yes, we did get to live them, so we know the difference. Nobody ever shot anyone at school, didn’t even shoot up in school. Drinking was the big vice and if a girl got pregnant, she wasn’t given baby showers. She silently either went away for a few months or stayed at home. I remember a girl next door to me (she was staying there) who got pregnant and moved out of her home to the place next door, and had her schoolwork brought there daily. Rarely did they raise the child but gave it up for adoption. You could take your kids to see a movie without wondering about the violence, the language, or much of anything else. It was just a good and wholesome movie. I DO long for those good old days.
Remember The Beaver had the whole town to himself, the swimming hole, the parks - wherever he wanted to do. Leave it to Beaver would have to have a new title. Leave with the Beaver as in abduction.