Baby Boomer Parents Carry The Scars Of The Great Depression

[@stubee56]

My Mom could never even throw a card away because she grew up and had nothing as a child. Every thing that came to her was valuable and precious.

[@TheThora17]

My grandma would freeze a tin of tuna if it wasn’t all used. We had STALE hard buns one Thanksgiving dinner. I wish we’d all take notes…

[@toniadugger3954]

My dad and his twin were born in 1937. Their dad was dead and their mother went blind when they were 8 years old. They had to quit school to help support his family. Best man I ever knew. ❤

[@WolfRoss]

Grandparents of a boomer friend had their house in every cabinet packed with products. They were born in 1907. All of my grandparents lived through the great depression. I'm a boomer and both of my parents were very young during the great depression.

[@SeekerSmith]

My grandparents raised me, and they were born in 1914 and 1916. I wasn't born until 1969, but I may as well have been born in 1949. They raised me as they raised their children born in the 40's. As a result, I'm perpetually out of place, a walking anachronism. Still, I can never repay them for instilling in me a solid work ethic, appreciation for the little things, and empathy for my fellow human beings. For example, they taught me as a young child never to use the n-word. It was later that my school friends used the n-word because their parents use the n-word... their parents were a generation younger than my grandparents. I didn't realize how progressive my Jewish grandparents were... they knew about the Holocaust and the Depression, and the suffering of people of color back in the 1930s. I would give everything I have to spend five more minutes with them.

[@newwavepop]

I had a strange childhood in that i was not born till 72 and my Mother was a full on Boomer raised by Greatest Generation parents, but my Father was born in 1933 so he was a baby and child curing the Depression and was about 12 when WWII ended so he sort of had the same experience as the Greatest Generation. we were poor and i was growing up in the flashy 80s where kids at school would actually start fights with me and bully me and beat me up for not having the right clothes, but my Father could not grasp paying two dollars more for this shirt when this one over here was two dollars cheaper. We lived in a van on an extended road trip till i was about 6 or 7 and we broke down, so my Dad got a job and we rented a little one bedroom house and my very first memory of ever living in a house was us going to a thrift store and buying a bunch of used dishes and utensils.

[@moisesperez4605]

David, 100% most definitely agree with this gentleman, my father unfortunately wasn’t born with that luxury, he was born in 1943, he went to Vietnam as well as my uncle, my grandfather was in WW. Two, my grandfather is a Hispanic veteran, taught his kids to be patriotic, add work for their money, even though my uncle did not come back, my father taught us pretty much how to work, save money, and don’t squander it. the kids of today, have a vision of what individuals have back in the 60s, I feel that they don’t have or more or less they haven’t been through a situation, like a lot of people don’t have around the world some people don’t have enough to eat, don’t have the luxuries that we have here in America, basically young people today take it for granted and that’s unfortunately because that could be our downfall.

[@FishareFriendsNotFood972]

The Depression's impact on my Dad meant he refused to throw out any scrap of food, shrimp shells, crusts, even spoiled food....he insisted we ate all of it, even if it meant keeping my little brother at the table crying the whole night. I didn't get it then, but I understand it now.

[@geraldking4080]

The mistake would be to believe that it couldn't happen again, or worse.

[@hilariousname6826]

My father would try to tell me, ca 1970: "It isn't always going to be like this" - might as well have told the wall ... !

[@nomadmarauder-dw9re]

We're where we are because Government props up the economy i.e. too big to fail. Because they can't afford to have another one. But constantly fore stalling what is a natural cycle of boom and bust only delays the inevitable.

[@mapleext]

My parents went through the depression. As kids we saw frugal and thrifty ways with them and learned them - counting out bologna slices etc. I still squirm if I am expected to pay full price for anything, I don’t order food delivered, hardly eat out, I am basically a cheapskate when it comes to myself, but kind of the opposite when it comes to family. I see the younger generations not really saving and wonder how it will end up.

[@asteverino8569]

My parents were born in 1920 and 21. They were practical raising 5 boys. My dads income seemed to steadily rise as he moved forward from carpenter to loan appraiser. I'm glad they learned from The Depression, the value of life.

[@hilariousname6826]

Pretty simplistic. Many Depression-era parents were just the opposite of this guy - in our house, the Depression lasted until about 1975 ... !

[@MicahScottPnD]

What happened in your house in 1975? An end of an era, for real? I am very truly curious.

[@hilariousname6826]

@@MicahScottPnD Well, really it was more like around 1990 - when us kids were all grown up and on our own, the mortgage was paid off, two or three pensions were coming in - my mother said, "I think your father has finally gotten over his fear of starving to death in his old age."

[@MicahScottPnD]

@@hilariousname6826 I think I understand! We must be fairly close in age, you and I. Kind of you to respond, I thank you.

[@JohnSmith-qz1zp]

Nobody talks about the tuberculosis outbreak in the early 20th century. My dad had it and my aunt spent decades in a special hospital and lost 1.5 lungs.

[@SeekerSmith]

My grandparents' best friend had it. It was a major life alteration for him. He begged my grandfather to break him out of the sanitarium. He knew he was going to die there. After my grandfather broke him out one night, he lived happily for another 50 years.

[@olly8]

@@SeekerSmith As a youngster, I remember pictures of ppl in an 'iron lung' machine, with only their heads exposed. I was too young to understand what I was seeing. I always felt sorry for those trapped, nearly imprisoned patients. So heart warming to hear about a good outcome. Your grandpa was 'gangsta' before the term was coined. I admire him for doing the best for his family friend. 👍🏻

[@serenarobak3640]

My grandma was a Nurse who cared for many with tuberculisis.

[@kathleenferguson3296]

We were not allowed to throw a thread spool away until Every centimeter of thread was used. I Still stock my house with food! Boomer here.

[@dj393]

I buy too much food too. Boomer, Dad grew up in abject poverty.

[@StephanieJeanne]

Thanks, David. I like this guy and how he talks. My mom would be the closest to the 20-something folks rebelling in the 1960s, but she was already a mom. ❤

[@MGMG-lc2fe]

This must be where you get your fabulous sense of style 💖🌞✨

[@StephanieJeanne]

@@MGMG-lc2feI appreciate your compliment. Thank you! Mom was a fashion plate when she was young. ☺️💜🌸

[@MGMG-lc2fe]

@@StephanieJeanne 💖☺️

[@PomazeBog1389]

You're the best commenter on here. I admire your incessant positivity and enthusiasm. May God bless you.

[@StephanieJeanne]

@@PomazeBog1389 I thank you for the compliment and the blessing, though I find other commenters very thoughtful, too. May you also be blessed. 😊✌️🤍

[@drewpall2598]

Through your interviews with Tony Bouza, he come across as a likeable guy and knows what he is talking about. My mom who grew up during the great depression and WW2 favorite saying is "Kids of today don't know how good they have it" when I look back on it, I see where she was right. I would say advertiser and marketing during the late 1940's and 50's into the 60's added to the notion of living like the jones that the counterculture rebelled against. Thanks David. 😊✌🧡

[@MGMG-lc2fe]

@@drewpall2598 Sounds like a wise woman raised a wise son. Hope your day has been wonderful 💖🌞✨

[@drewpall2598]

@@MGMG-lc2fe I thank you MG I would say you were raised up right by your parents. 😊🧡✌

[@MGMG-lc2fe]

@@drewpall2598 Thank you"s from my momma and myself. 😉💖🌞✨

[@riverbender9898]

Succinct and correct! Fascinating man. Thanks David.

[@geddon436]

That explains the reason I'm disfunctional person. My mother gave me things, but, barely any nuturing.

[@clarecampbell4481]

Very interesting video! Thanks for posting! 🙂

[@MGMG-lc2fe]

It's stunning to me how easily the previous generations are labeled as irrelevant, cold, narcissistic, or out of touch. If it weren't for the generational difference in beliefs between parents and children our world wouldn't evolve. Every generation forgets that each has its time to be angsty, angry, and even in power 😂. Sadly they each forget that many learned the lessons that lay in wait. Thank you for a wonderful segment/description Mr. Hoffman ✨

[@StephanieJeanne]

@@MGMG-lc2fe I couldn't agree more! I think there's a sort of rite of passage, where current younger generations blame the previous ones in the ways you described. I don't think it'll ever end. 😂💜

[@MGMG-lc2fe]

@@StephanieJeanne It is so sad to see so much wisdom lost to division. I fear you're absolutely right about the inevitable repetitive nature of man. Hope you have a lovely night 💖🌞✨

[@StephanieJeanne]

@@MGMG-lc2fe Yes, indeed. You as well, MG! 💜

[@drewpall2598]

@@MGMG-lc2fe This may not tie in exactly on what you said, but you reminded me of this 1967 song "Younger Generation" by The Lovin' Spoonful. "Younger Generation" John Sebastian Why must every generation think their folks are square? And no matter where their heads are they know Mom's ain't there Cause I swore when I was small that I'd remember when I knew what's wrong with them that I was smaller than Determined to remember all the cardinal rules Like sun showers are legal grounds for cutting school I know I have forgotten maybe one or two And I hope that I recall them all before the baby's due And I know he'll have a question or two Like "Hey pop can I go ride my Zoom? It goes two hundred miles per hour suspended on balloons And can I put a droplet of this new stuff on my tongue And imagine frothing dragons while you sit and wreck your lungs?" And I must be permissive, understanding of the younger generation And then I'll know that all I've learned my kid assumes And all my deepest worries must be his cartoons And still I'll try to tell him all the things I've done Relating to what he can do when he becomes a man And still he'll stick his fingers in the fan And "Hey pop, my girlfriend's only 3 She's got her own videophone and she's a taking LSD And now that we're best friends she wants to give a bit to me And what's the matter Daddy, how come you're turning green Can it be that you can't live up to your dreams?"

[@MGMG-lc2fe]

@@drewpall2598 It surely demonstrated one example of familial change, and highlights the reality that too often we insist on learning for ourselves. It can be hard to believe someone who you believe to be your opposite has your best interest in mind. Thank you for the song Mr Drew 💖🌞✨

[@kevinbarrow5396]

It's amazing that our country doesn't remember the hardship of the parents back then!the education wasn't available!

[@Cybop-xd9mm]

We don’t remember because we’re going through hardships now lol

[@kevinbarrow5396]

@Cybop-xd9mm this is nothing by comparison to what the true generation of the depression endured!these fruitful times!people just don't see the potential in the resources around them!they have become conditioned to rely on government to aid them when we are capable of rescuing ourselves!today we have boundless resources!then limited opportunity!

[@Cybop-xd9mm]

@@kevinbarrow5396 what decade were you born in if I may ask, not trying to be rude just wanna get a better understanding

[@kevinbarrow5396]

@Cybop-xd9mm I am genx. Grew up in mississipi I Watched my mamaw live on black eyed peas and cornbred and that's all she really ate!I asked her why!she said that's how I was raised!and I still love black eyed peas and cornbread!

[@seabrook1976]

My grandfather would drink expired milk because of growing up in the depression.

[@pierreo33]

Great video as always. Thank you Mr Hoffman.

[@erich84502a]

But silent generation really experienced it

[@PomazeBog1389]

Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times. - G. Michael Hopf.

[@davidcarbone3385]

A never ending cycle. But I think marketing messages during those periods of hard and good times plays a role, too.

[@christopherparrisjr.3146]

Hard times can also create trauma which will manifest if not healed. The Greatest Generation and the Boomers both had trauma. Since mental health wasn't taken as seriously back then, a lot of them dealt with it in unhealthy ways. And the children of people from these generations would bear the brunt of their parents' awful, trauma-induced behaviors.

[@davidcarbone3385]

@@christopherparrisjr.3146 So true. No matter what causes trauma, when it's ignored it just doesn't go away. Trauma experienced by one generation affects not just the next generation but the generation after that. Brian scientists discovered negative changes in DNA in the kids whose mothers experenced trauma and whose grandmothers experienced trauma.

[@olly8]

​@@davidcarbone3385 So true, but sad we pass on trauma through DNA- while trying NOT to create the traumas we experienced 😪 I never heard talk about 'breaking Generational Curse' until my Gen X daughter grew up. I didn't spank her.. but I yelled alot. I learned not to yell at my grandchildren- I apologized and said "that's how I was raised". We aren't aware of damage until afterwards. I can't fix my DNA, tho. Proud that my daughter is aware of changing old ways, for less stigmatized generations 🤞🏼

[@daniellap.stewart6839]

You will never find what you looking for in this material world, You can have the best job ever it will never be enough

[@9liveslisa]

They were different times, that's for sure.. My Dad was born in 1918 and he was a doctor and his father was a doctor and there were a bunch of other doctors in the family. And I was told at that time, money was tight, but they didn't lose everything and managed to survive the worst times financially. My Dad once told me a story that happened in the Depression. He and his mom and dad were having a discussion at the dinner table about a dress my grandmother wanted to buy. And I guess my grandfather was telling her not to buy the dress. He was watching the pennies. My father who would have been around 11-16 years of age, sided with his father. And my Dad said he had never seen his mother get so angry. She was generally a very gentle well-mannered lady and she was a slight 5' 1" tall and 90 lbs. She told my father off and told him he was never to take his father's side again! He said he never crossed his mother again! lol! It made me laugh because I could just envision the scene in my head! The 3 of them at that dining room table! He felt his mother's wrath and it made a lasting impression on him!

[@StephanieJeanne]

@@9liveslisa Wow, that's a great story! Good for her!😆✌️

[@hilariousname6826]

@@StephanieJeanne Good for her - telling the kid never to take his father's side again??

[@StephanieJeanne]

@@hilariousname6826 Not that, particularly. I meant generally, for voicing her anger. Not a lot of women did that in those days.

[@hilariousname6826]

@@StephanieJeanne Oh, I wouldn't be so sure about that ....

[@towerofresonance4877]

I was 3 years old when this was recorded.

[@MicahScottPnD]

Some banjos have an open back. Others have a closed back, generally an enclosure called a resonator. I tried to think of something cool to say without using the word resonance but it didn't work. 😉🎶

[@hahaha9076]

Awesome, thanks. I'm off on the link.

[@bobthebuilder9553]

My parents were born between 1925 and 1930. My grandfathers were both born in the 1890's. My mother never threw anything away. My father saved things, but they were personal items of nostalgia. I was born late in the boom. My brothers and sister were born between 1950 and 1960. I was born in 1962. I got the hand me downs from my brothers. Everything from toys to clothes. By then styles had changed, but my mother did not care.

[@mudotter]

I am still suffering from the scarcity thinking born of 2 world wars and the Depression. From my grandparents, to my parents, to me.

[@TheThora17]

I agree with him- his statement is prophetic: EVERY generation is the reaction of what has come before…

[@richellepeace4457]

I knew a elderly couple my dad would help out when I was a kid. We went over one Saturday morning and I watched her eating cereal with water. My dad saw my surprise and gave me "the look". After we left he said that the family's milk cow died during the depression when she was in early grade school so they went without milk. She could never handle the loss so she never drank milk again...

[@Lpreilly72]

My dad grew up on a farm in Iowa. At 15 he was making money by hooking farms up to the grid. Saved the farm. Then, at 20 he went to war. When my father and uncle went to war, my grandfather said “I’ll never see those boys again.” He never did. I feel like I grew up in the depression. To the day he died, in 1984, he prepared for another depression.

[@kevinbarrow5396]

So during the Civil War the anaconda plan choked off supplies to the south leaving the south starving and the reason the war ended!then eventually the great depression came along and more poverty and desperation.and just when you think that's over ww1 happens!hardship has been in the American way far longer than prosperity has been!every time something good happens a monster of sorrow pain anguish!come to remind us to remember to be humble!it never works!

[@KellBC1]

We all cary the scars inflected by Boomers

[@hilariousname6826]

LOL！Oh, poor you！

[@phyllisbreese4289]

boomers were not born while the depression was on!

[@franlynch9428]

Baby boomer parents were though…as the title says. My mother would reuse Saran Wrap. She’d rinse it and hag it to dry

[@hilariousname6826]

@@franlynch9428 I still do that, tbh.

[@Dawn-r7v8m]

Big Daddy? Your Sick! 💙💙💙💙

[@hugogonzalez1749]

Yeah he screwed up his kids, he and many other but it came from a good place. They wanted to be good people, good parents. Let's honor this generation by not repeating their same mistakes.

[@kevinbarrow5396]

They were stronger people!people today are scumbags!no honor no tact no sympathy!

[@daniellap.stewart6839]

​@@kevinbarrow5396 shut it boomer

[@davidjennings127]

Eat everything on your plate generation 😮

[@SamLee-e3b]

Its going to be worse if it happens again

[@clarecampbell4481]

😥

[@davidcarbone3385]

If they didn't teach their own kids the same lessons taught to them then how well did the parents of baby boomers learn the lessons of hard work, earnestness, and sincerity? Insecurity and instability can lead to resilence but not necessarily conformity. Advertising creates conformity.

[@davidcarbone3385]

@@italianbeans877 As soon as someone plays it, maybe we'll find out.

[@MicahScottPnD]

​@@italianbeans877"Fallen sinners" is a pretty fun twist of ideas. "I keep doing the right thing, darn it!" 😄👍

[@selmakonieczny3981]

🤓💕

[@PurpleHazeTarot]

No excuse for their narcissistic abuse. Get mental help.

[@DJ_Dutchess]

That part ✅✅✅