Family Life (1949)

Impossible drama proving that proper management of schedules, responsibilities, privileges and finances leads to a happier home.

[@ms.chaewon9231]

Folks, this is how you fix a family problem -- COMMUNICATION.

[@ms.chaewon9231]

@Crystal Love I understand and I respect your decision.

[@ms.chaewon9231]

@Holographic Multiverse :)

[@DrunkenSlob]

Samuel Pedrosa how about I communicate my back hand onto that bitches face 1940’s style hey ohhhhhhh

[@noturningbackever493]

@Crystal Love that's in YOUR home. He was making a broad statement. Maybe YOU should be the one to take the first step, seeing how you were raised by your parents, fed by them, clothed by them, and housed by them all your years before you cut them off. Maybe YOU should be able to reason things out that you don't see now, but later on you may understand. Each family has different circumstances. Take the high road. They spent YEARS taking care of you in one way or another. At the very least, go see them on the holidays.

[@noturningbackever493]

@MorbidManMusic SO--you think all of us who were alive back then had NO feelings? Really? This is a FILM, not necessarily reality. Conformity? NO--doing what we should be doing--mutual love and respect, manners, being polite and considerate of others' feelings, etc. We weren't robots because we "conformed." I am from the hippie generation, so if anyone fell into nonconformity, it was us, yet our parents still loved us, still provided for us and still taught us the way of being a decent person. The "conformity" is our inner moral compass that WANTS to do what's right--not just to our parents and teachers, but because we WANT to be decent people growing up, going to college, getting married and having a family. A small margin of families were a train wreck--absolutely--but MOST of us grew up to run IBM, NASA, own banks, stores, restaurants, large companies, being governors, or other politicians, selling real estate, etc. so by being in line WITH society instead of against it, we are the ones who are STILL running all this--at our age, not some Gen. X, Y, Z or a Millennial who can't figure out how to give out change as a cashier, where the register tells you how much to give back to the person who is standing there. They actually COUNTED back the change to us, instead of handing us a bunch of coins, since they don't want to be bothered counting--because most of them DON'T know HOW to count a simple thing like change.

[@hannah9075]

My great grandma was 21 when this was filmed she’s still well and heathy today at 91 going on 92

[@roshlouis8767]

You are lucky. My grandma was at most 5 years old in 1949. She was fine, mentally fit, walking and eating. But her mild asthma lead to other health issues and she passed away two years ago. This is why I feel time is unfair. We die once but until then we have a chance to live every day.

[@gabriellakerr3350]

My great grandma is now 95🙂

[@justafellowsamaritan7845]

Gabriella Kerr My Great- Grandma was 103. I didn’t get a chance to meet her cuz she’s been dead for 15 years. (2005)

[@adamlipscomb6459]

@@justafellowsamaritan7845 my great grandmother was born in 1918 . I got to know her for 8 years before she died. My great grandmother died November in 2007 she been dead almost 13 years. She lived to be almost 90 years old.

[@davidis7]

She was the girl in this?

[@augustbear6548]

After the chaos of the great depression and WWII, these videos really help kids get on track to quell fear. We were shown these films in the 1950s in school and they set a standard of civility and structure. Whether or not that was "good", the intentions were truly noble.

[@charlesmurphy1510]

Not like CRT training.

[@JesusChrist2000BC]

I mean these videos did nothing because it created the greediest generation of kids to ever exist. Part of that is that the greatest generation spoiled you.

[@augustbear6548]

Do you seriously think the children of those who live through WWII were the most selfish? Are you an ostrich with your head in the sand? Do you not see what's around you NOW? @@JesusChrist2000BC

[@InnerLifePhotography]

How old are you now.? Must be a great grandfather now

[@augustbear6548]

No, I'm not. I'm a great-grandmother.@@InnerLifePhotography

[@yujuugryygg5135]

This is THE First life lesson that should be to taught to every human on this planet. Family and Respect are the pillars of society

[@jager896]

Yes I agree 💯 if we had that how much better things would be in the words of a famous man Jesus who said that you must love your neighbor as yourself and in the words of a famous song what a wonderful world it would be Eileen

[@jayoven3670]

Unfortunately, pop culture is tearing them down now

[@SDALLE99]

They can talk all you want, wait until poverty, unemployment, addiction, abuse sets in, and see how fast they’ll be tearing each other apart lol

[@zamira7208]

Well said!

[@92118]

Of a good society GOD is right at the top.

[@ninaquas_7401]

I know these videos can be cheesy and idealistic but coming from a chaotic household without much guidance they are helpful to me. I don't take every little thing literally, but its like having a grandparent's suggestions.

[@amit4Bihar]

What you find "cheesey" and "idealistic" is how chaos is reduced. Just as a person may find a doctor mugging and reading his textbooks as cheesy if he himself is uneducated or doesn't know how complex medical field is. But same guy will be thankful once he falls sick and is treated by same cheesey doctor

[@wheelblack35]

What do u mean cheezy?

[@Gnarnia.]

Back when people were civilized and we kept the blaccies where they should be... Now they've corrupted our culture

[@andyb619]

@@wheelblack35 I think she is referring to the acting and script by cheesy not the message.

[@John-ns9oy]

Think this way: is like when you read a science book scheme of a cell, you will never see nothing like that full of colors and names , is just to make it more clear.

[@yaelrar.4460]

I appreciate how these kind of films were produced to help families. Seems like the intention was noble.

[@mikezylstra7514]

This film would be called raciss today.

[@sofiabravo1994]

@@mikezylstra7514 and sexsissss

[@Gameboy-Unboxings]

@@mikezylstra7514 ugh....

[@tonya6282]

Intention was to Conform and control the masses

[@mauricemorty4687]

todays videos are made to help to destroy families

[@annhill20111]

How much better the world would be if families still worked this way.

[@punkanellylovejoy702]

I'm so glad that these satanically indoctrinated subhuman pigs are six feet under in their Stepford Wives Community Gravesites

[@sparkles999rose2]

This family has four adults in it. It wouldn’t work with toddlers

[@Thinktank-rs9hk]

That’s because woman started working

[@erinm3567]

​@@Thinktank-rs9hkUnpopular opinion nowadays but I really agree with you.

[@eye_parasite]

​@@Thinktank-rs9hk women started working back in ww2 tf you on ?

[@Alipotamus]

Great! I grew up in a similar home but with 6 kids. We were happy. All had chores and other responsibilities like music practice and school. We never heard our parents fight nor can any of us remember our fighting. Mom budgeted every penny. She and Dad were a real team. I was so lucky.

[@laurensouthgate2458]

This isn't just about money and meetings it's also about valueing each other helping out and working together.

[@drakerandall1535]

Lauren Southgate thats poor people talk!

[@etheladdams2562]

then everyone should have a poor people talk. no wonder the rich can be so spoiled.

[@ms.chaewon9231]

Communication.

[@DrunkenSlob]

Lauren Southgate and don’t forget to value the art of a good backhand to the wives face when she slips up

[@robertbates6249]

if you work together u have more leisure time simple

[@marylamb6063]

My mother was 15. She is alive and kicking at 84. No cancer, diabetes arthritis...nothing.

[@DiamanteDea]

Jack T :(

[@jaworskij]

Your mom was treated well by her parents then. She did not get abused. Today we recognize that abuse & neglect can cause physical and emotional problems decades later.

[@esthermelchor9681]

@@jaworskij Wait...whaaat?

[@esthermelchor9681]

Bless her heart. You're lucky you still have her and she's healthy. Maybe and hopefully you'll inherit her good genes.

[@sweetnsour3693]

Wow 😮

[@ayatahmad2156]

These short films are so earnest and heartwarming.. like they really cared for people's happiness and wellbeing

[@buttersbiscuits1789]

No they didn't, they were trying to replace Gods word by mans fakeness and American values? Really? This is a joke.

[@EphemeralProductions]

They did. In those days. :)

[@indo3052]

How so? What about the black folks?

[@buttersbiscuits1789]

@@indo3052 It was all fake, these people are trying to replace Gods word with their own lie of an American dream, riddled with vanity, egos, envy and jealousy. Fake.

[@JesusSaves5500]

​@@indo3052 The thought that every single white person in the 40s was racist is ridiculous. It was white people who fought to end slavery after all. That's not saying that there wasn't a lot of work to be done in terms of racial equality, but we can't fault everyone from this era just for being alive while changes were being made. The constant arguments made against the idyllic 1940s/50s lifestyle, like racism and oppression of women really don't hold any merit whatsoever. Heck, in this video alone it was a woman who came up with this plan and her husband supported her. She wasnt belittled at all. I think you need to find other cards to play. The race card just doesn't hold up.

[@rebeccasmith2865]

These are the kind of films our children need to watch in the schools. Bring back the studies of civics. It is also a good foundation to learn the life skills of good work ethic and responsibility. Money management,team work,and good communication skills.

[@caroldriehorst1165]

I grew up during the fifties and my Mom had Family meetings alot. She was very organized, I wasn't, she would write down chores for us six kids to do, she was a young widow. She was wonderful, She's gone now but I always was so grateful to God for giving me great parents.

[@productions6994]

Nice comment! May your mother rest In piece. My condolences.

[@caroldriehorst1165]

@@productions6994 💕

[@Rebecca-hv8fg]

@@productions6994 peace* sorry it’s not a big deal but it was bothering me

[@lpsoreoproductions1]

I’m so sorry for your loss may she Rest In Peace!

[@caroldriehorst1165]

@@lpsoreoproductions1 Thank you.💕

[@anthonygrayson2758]

That's not the way life was back in the 40's and 50's. If a teen talked to their mom like these kids did, they'd have their ears boxed!!!

[@1BalBal1]

Though I agree with you, I think that the intention was to put the real emotions that drive us, to the surface. Had they been false with her we'd get nowhere

[@TheNesianscribe]

Lol, yup.

[@warreneckels4945]

Which is the point of showing this film to people on the cusp of adulthood: perhaps the upcoming generation can do better than the previous one.

[@katkrause679]

Ita

[@tysontitus3332]

She even blamed herself for not having dinner done on time she looked so exhausted and stressed out

[@opybrook7766]

What a terrible shame homes and families, in general, are no longer like this. Parents and children today are so often ragged, immodest, angry, greedy and very self centered. When I was growing up before the 70's, this is how most everyone behaved. At my home, everyone changed into good clothes before sitting at the dinning room table. There was no profanity thrown around as ordinary speech as today. The world in America was very good.

[@MrTruckerf]

This is wonderful! Oh, how I wish most families operated like this family.

[@indo3052]

What about the black folk at this time?

[@Lori-lp6uc]

Will you marry me? 😄

[@ChristmasEve777]

I, too, wish families operated like this. Not only do most family members not take responsibility anymore and help each other but they don't even have a meal together at the kitchen table. How about little kids cussing at their parents? School shootings? I want to travel through time and live like these people.

[@TheBLESS-edOne.]

@@ChristmasEve777 It still exists today. No need to travel through time, just _travel._ Of course, you can also create this for yourself and your unit❣ (Thereby encouraging others to do the same. Influence by example reaches farther _and_ further than most realize/know.💫🙏🏽)

[@BiggestHaterEVER]

You mean with the sexist values as well? It's like people are so fucking ignorant and not REALLY paying attention to anything in the video.

[@ndunal]

imagine if television was like this, the positive impact it would have on society

[@maggiemae7539]

Television ruined society

[@metsrus]

@@maggiemae7539 nope. television is nothing more than a communication tool. However people turned it into a source of entertainment and sharing values and ideas. Somewhere along the line our cultural values shifted. Television just give what people want to see, based on ratings.

[@AMPProf]

Not

[@GailGardner]

@@metsrus Lol...there is a reason they call it "programming".

[@rickfernandes5331]

Back then, most of the things aired on television today would not be allowed to be aired then.

[@palaceofwisdom9448]

Four family members each taking responsibility for their own actions, and considering what they can contribute rather than what they deserve to receive. We need a whole lot more of this instead of victim culture.

[@inkystars19]

Agreed

[@alexandraguardian9840]

My older sister and I are working on it but our parents gave up a long time ago 😅

[@bcosican2694]

So true!

[@A_Ducky]

"victim culture" though..

[@thystaff742]

Even in 1949 Hollywood was demonizing men and elevating the woman.

[@frankscarborough1428]

This is how to pull together as a family. Respect and communication

[@Jendromeda]

i've never seen a whole family act like this at the same time. And i'm old.

[@Lori-lp6uc]

Success depends on good leadership as well as unity and cooperation. The main reason the military is so strict is because the troops need to follow directions in order to survive. The same holds true with businesses and families. The parents make the rules. They also have to live by those rules. NO HYPOCRISY. They must work together. Not undermining or contradicting the other parent. Without rules, a family will struggle. One set of rules for everyone.

[@rullmourn1142]

It's so calming to watch this, living in this stressful, uncertain world of the 2020s.

[@indo3052]

What about the black folk during this time?

[@icecreamforcrowhurst]

@@indo3052there’s no reason Black folk couldn’t learn the valuable lessons in this presentation. None whatsoever.

[@indo3052]

@@icecreamforcrowhurst I’m saying how can a whites person have such a wonderful day knowing the injustice on black folk

[@romiansobieszczanskipaszteski]

​@@indo3052 Black folk family structure was more stable then despite the circumstances

[@GhostOfArtBell0935]

@@indo3052 "b-b-but what about the blacks??" It's not all about y'all but blacks had a much better society at the time. Much more stable family unit and no thugging out for starters. If you think separate water fountains are worse than mass shoot-outs in Chicongo then whatever

[@lowbridge7070]

From 1983-1987 I was in high school. One day during class for reasons I cannot recall, they rolled in the school 16mm movie projector and played for us kids a few of these old, antiquated 1950s coronet films on how to date, how to behave, how to be polite, etc. My fellow classmates laughed through them. The wooden acting, the cheap production values, the heavy handed preaching, the over-politeness, the innocent slang of the time (golly, gee, swell, etc), the squeaky clean activities (a picnic, a weenie roast, bike riding, dinner at home with the family, a carnival, etc.) I on the other hand wasnt laughing. Being raised in an abusive, dysfunctional home, I found these films to be quite charming. A sort of time capsule of a more naive, but innocent era. Oh, I had no illusions. I was well aware the 1950s wasnt so innocent and perfect (no decade is). But it seemed to me that there were SOME things they were doing so right back then that we were doing so horribly wrong in the early 1980s, more so today.

[@diamondeye75]

A couple years younger than you but similar story here. I was one of the many chuckling at them at the time for the exact reasons you mentioned, but seeing how degraded society is now, I support them totally. Interestingly in 1987 Married With Children debuted, lampooning everything that these cultural attitudes promoted. This gradual rebellion of society starting from the late 60's onward fought against perceived repressive "goody-goody" nature of the times, until today wherein the concept of being "wholesome" is wholly rejected. It's no longer good to try to be "good" Where can a society be headed when they completely reject the concept of trying to be good? The result, as we can see, ain't pretty.

[@mikesilva3868]

@@diamondeye75 I grew up watching nick at nite in 1991 when I was 7 in 1991 until I was 21 in 2005 these shorts reminded me of those classic sitcoms 😊

[@rosemcnierney3972]

Even though this was my dad’s era, it brings me feelings of love, peace and happiness.

[@mikesilva3868]

@@rosemcnierney3972 🙃

[@tonduborneo8922]

Yes ❤️

[@momof2momof2]

I love these old films

[@edwardgaines6561]

momof2 It's ironic, if you want to feel young just watch these old clunkeroos!

[@SDS-ee9js]

Same! I was born in 2002 and I find it interesting to see what life was like before my time

[@edwardgaines6561]

Sean McDowell Seeing the American nuclear family INTACT creeps you out?

[@SDS-ee9js]

Edward Gaines ya ikr lol

[@Kat-fw9se]

momof2 so do I.

[@bl1506]

Back then no high divorce rate, baby momma drama, who’s your baby daddy ? A family was actually a family unit and stuck together no matter what

[@amandavaldez2462]

Nuclear family for life.

[@Kiina312]

Back then there was no ‘high divorce’ rate because you had to take it to court and addressed as to why & they would approve/ deny it. And if it wasn’t under such categories like: infidelity, impotence, severe abuse etc then they usually denied it. But there was DEFINITELY infidelity and ‘baby mummas/ daddy’s’ etc - they were just kept quiet and dealt with privately because it was a shameful thing. A lot of the time ‘stuck together no matter what’ was toxic and depressing. Especially for women. People look back on these sorts of things with rose coloured glasses.

[@leifmeadows3782]

Honestly I think the divorce rate was only so high for a while because when no fault divorce became a thing, people who desperately needed one were finally able to get one. Because there are just some things a family SHOULDN'T stick together through...

[@ciaraoh9102]

I wish families still strived to be like this. Sure, none were perfect and many failed, but they *tried* and kept trying.

[@esmeraldagems9487]

What cracked me up is that the boy yelled at his mom for not having money to give him for a date. 😂 I would think that if you're old enough to date you're old enough to get your own job and make your own money.

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

that's the way it was in MY house! My parents told all 4 of us kids... you want something more than what we're supplying for your everyday living, you go out and earn the money and buy it yourself.. and we each did!

[@MisterMikeTexas]

She would have smacked him proper in real life back then! Or Daddy might offer "to discuss it" as he unbuckles his belt as a warning. 😆😆😆😆

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

@@MisterMikeTexas LOL yup!! Discussion = belt!

[@MisterMikeTexas]

@@Nunofurdambiznez Well that's how James Evans did with son Michael on "Good Times" if he argued with his parents.

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

@@MisterMikeTexas LOL!! he sure did!

[@PDZ2028]

"If we accept responsibility, then we acquire certain privileges."

[@daffers2345]

Gee, you're SWELL!!!

[@edwardgaines6561]

daffers234 JEEPERS!

[@noneofyourbeeswax01]

And the bit about working out a way to all live together... as corny as it sounded we could really do with that kind of civic thinking today rather than the divisive and hate fuelled self-centred attitudes that pervade the USA; it was a metphor for living in the USA as a whole, not just as families..

[@anthonyfelker1712]

It’s too late, we’re sunk!!!!

[@edwardgaines6561]

anthony felker The Family Unit has been torpedoed by the following: Birth Control Pills, No-Fault Divorce, and Abortion. Say hi to your future Islamic overlords, when the collapse comes!

[@philbrown9764]

I was born in 1949, so this video will be pretty special to me. Thanks for posting.

[@sleepyniteowll2]

Family values and traditions aren't taught anymore. I never had anything like this growing up, I only saw this in my grandparents and movies. I know I've painted the past gold in my head and it surely wasn't but I really wish the slow living/ picnic and carnival/ Family based life was still a thing. I hope to raise my family in a wholesome way.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

I think you have to go further and further out. You don't see half the shite in smaller towns you do in the cesspools of major cities.

[@misselpis2331]

Praying for that too

[@russellgay9442]

Responsibilities and priveliges ALWAYS go together; something today's society would do well to understand.

[@recabitejehonadab2654]

Absolutely.

[@silllykitten329]

All I see are a bunch of entitled whiners with zero accountability. And before I get any boomer comments, I’m in my mid 20s. 🙄

[@lbar9720]

Best comment I've read today. Simple but powerful.

[@angelmax404]

“Good idea! I’d like to have these family meetings every week!” Said no one, ever.

[@johnmorley8812]

And definitely not with that kind of enthusiasm.

[@rougeakane]

Haha I was just thinking that 😂

[@suem6004]

We had weekly family council. Try it.

[@angela-6451]

We do. In our family.🙂

[@benlee913]

You would be surprised

[@polyglot6542]

While many of us may think this video is outdated, we must understand that the concepts and values represented here are timeless tools for every member of a family. If we only can bring back these values. The new family values are full of hate for others that don't look like you and they are quickly stepped over by the same people who spends energy in professing them out loud.

[@ClaudiaMitchell-jn7fw]

Like Correctional Officers ?

[@bchristian85]

They have to be brought back from the ground up. Government coercion won't bring those days back.

[@stevedolesch9241]

This film is timeless. These days we, most of us, are hooked on using our thumbs to constantly text, looking at videos not only on our computers but cell phones. I've seen people, young, adults and older, playing with their phones even when eating together. I move away when people at a table where I'm at playing with cell phones instead of listening to each other. I hear a lot of phones ringing at food courts, restaurants, etc. The Wilsons eating together is a gem. I have a cell phone that's always silent. Me, I need it in my situation. I have a physical limitation.

[@soccerchick9841]

''you mean a budget'' Oh the horror.

[@sharid76]

Yes, it's an odd connotation that word carries, as if the largest corporations, down to the smallest one-person business, don't all have "operating budgets!" But, I guess in a family, it generally means that one cannot afford to and must stop throwing money around willy-nilly, and start taking some control of its expenditures, as in setting some limitations on how much goes where! True, there are some ultra-rich families who don't SEEM to have budgets covering how much can be spent on different things, but I bet they do, but the limitations are so high, they don't seem to really exist. "Going on a budget" seems almost like "Going on a diet" which implies self control past your own comfort zone! And they are both very much alike in many ways. Neither of them a lot of fun, but that also depends on your goals and how you go about doing it.

[@joeblow5448]

But,it makes good sense.😐

[@virgie4715]

Being a budget = poverty. My grandparents were raised in this era and they raised me, that’s how they interpreted it anyways. Like everyone is probably on a budget, but no one wants to say they are ...

[@philipblakely6030]

It's a reason the latest survey says that 60% of millennials don't have ANY money saved for retirement. Because they have to have $1,200 phones and expensive cars.

[@XiaoGuanYin104]

@@philipblakely6030 THEY HAVE STUDENT LOANS.

[@Michelle-ir5yy]

"You're swell!" -1940s "You're lit" -2020's

[@videoinformer]

2060s -- "Ha! Who says 'lit' anymore, besides Grandma and Grandpa? So old fashioned!"

[@ge-ys1uz]

@@videoinformer In 50 years your sayings and actions will be laughed at and mocked.

[@AnguishedMan]

Swollen Lit of fire

[@dottiscamprunamuck2830]

Lit used to mean drunk🥴

[@yespacito696]

Lmao nobody says lit besides like eighth graders. I haven't heard anyone seriously say lit since like 2017.

[@vashon100]

No twerking, rapping, drugs, nose rings, looting, fighting. What a wonderful era.

[@SamuelBlack84]

Communism paranoia, and McCarthyism, segregation, polio

[@daImatinac]

It was not a wonderful era

[@DaBoomerYe]

​@@SamuelBlack84now America is becoming communist, so they were justified in the paranoia

[@DaBoomerYe]

​​@@daImatinacin comparison to the anarchy we have going on today, yes it WAS a wonderful era, more civilized

[@RamPMonyPers]

What a lovely old video. Family relationships and responsibilities are just as important today as they were back in the day. So this video has as much applicability today as it did then. Sure, household tasks and technologies have changed a lot, but values haven't.

[@upstatenewyork]

Family relations and responsibilities have gone down the tubes. They are no longer as important as they once were.

[@RamPMonyPers]

@@upstatenewyork You can't brush all families with such a broad stroke. Whether or not family relations and responsibilities still have an important role or not depends on a lot of factors: the culture of the place you live in, the way you were brought up, the culture of your friends and extended family/ relatives, the importance of family relations among your colleagues at work, social norms, etc.

[@catnc1]

In my family during the 60s, my siblings and I wouldn't have dreamed of talking to our parents like the kids in this video. We would have gotten a beating.

[@clown3654]

I bet it would have been similar here for the kids but they were probably just adding emphasis for the film because of how they fixed the issues later on.

[@EMBEEAY]

Every family is different

[@prod.mozmo3]

Same here and no dinner

[@cocokai9661]

Exactly!

[@faizanalam3206]

That’s what I was wondering!

[@richardlawson4317]

OMG, it's like they are having to reinvent the wheel. I was born in 1950, and I did not DARE fuss at my parents like that. And no, they didn't beat me or anything like that. It was called RESPECT.

[@maddiep6430]

I was born in 2000 and if I talked to my mom that was she definitely would've beat me

[@cjrr124]

That's a strange definition of respect.

[@patquint3291]

Richard Lawson I was born in 1951. I never talked to my mother or other adults in that whining tone. We kids never complained or whined for anything. We never had family meetings. We always had fun. My parents were the boss. Period. (I just bought a set of four “vintage” canisters like those new ones in this film.)

[@barkpeeler2000]

Blessed is he who can overlook an insult

[@schweineloeffel710]

To this day my family will even give visiting kids a whack for speaking disrespectfully to adults. If they keep it up, they get shown the door

[@lindaeasley5606]

My mom was 17 and her younger brother was 14 in 1949.She grew up in a dirt poor family that included 8 kids . She told me in her later years that family life was not filled with togetherness like picnics and going on road trips but I'm thankful that she and my dad did those kind of things with my siblings and I

[@randilevson9547]

Mrs. Miller was the brains behind this family. She started the family's organization on its path to success. She did miss the key element of communication within the family, though. She did take chaos and turn it into order. Props to Mrs. M.!!!

[@heinkle1]

When an educational film is required to inform you that you should love your family

[@bgsk1622]

Its for economical purpose....

[@WspKashh]

Yea

[@shuttittuppitt9355]

Economical purposes?! Who is making money off of this PSA?! It sure ain't me!

[@maryamm8379]

More like Organize your life, what love has to do with this? Little fights don’t mean lack of love

[@holywater8132]

@@shuttittuppitt9355 yeah it's called big companies

[@mottbone]

Narrator: "The right of privacy..." Two seconds later, an X-ray camera is checking out what Katherine is doing thru her bedroom door.

[@mohnapriyanka]

😂😂

[@mbeff75]

I was hoping to see some bean flicking

[@zachw.3794]

@Danielle Blessie 🤣🤣. Some people don't seem to find that weird.

[@renialatrice]

@@mbeff75 she was a literal child then. Weirdo

[@ecthelion222]

Lol

[@user-oh9nh6zl2c]

Maybe...we need a video for todays families. A little guidance wouldn't be bad.

[@arnoldronning5471]

AWESOME! The practical, can-do attitude of this short film are what is missing in today’s entertainment which focuses on dysfunction to the point of destroying hope. One can argue that this film is cheesy and unrealistic, but had the generation of that day been able to watch our current programs, I think they would have rejected it as ridiculous fantasy. Thanks so much for posting.

[@indo3052]

What about the African Americans during this time ?

[@GhostOfArtBell0935]

@@indo3052 They weren't chimping and shooting each other en masse like they are now. It was better times for everyone.

[@Love-Sensibility]

I agree Arnie. Movies like that, that people now would say unrealistic, is much better since they taught us lessons. Family Life over drama any day baby

[@chrisguine2473]

@@indo3052 What about them?

[@ryanchase9746]

Maybe Harold needs a part time job. Who gets money from their Mom to take a girl out?

[@edienandy]

Ryan Chase Donald Trump lol

[@sleepingwithcats5121]

My spoiled brother in the 80's. I agree.

[@johnbockelie3899]

Why is he asking his mom for date money for?, why not ask dad?.

[@januarysson5633]

@@johnbockelie3899 Dad’s not home yet.

[@geegeeme3256]

A teen?

[@dailyorangepill3338]

Now people are living like Kardashian's on a Walmart Budget!

[@Sophie-sx8dv]

Jennifer Osburn yes but if they decide do it’s no ones business

[@MissStacie-XO]

💀🤣🤣👏🏼👏🏼

[@donnaleeclubb119]

Not me. I am CHEAP or rather FRUGAL. LOL.

[@Willybean08]

I lived rich in a family of 4 making 23K a year

[@darciemerriweather1206]

Hahaha.. not if you don't care to be one of them

[@5thdimensionliving727]

Love these vintage style videos of the past ..so nostalgic..learn so much ❤

[@suzuh5060]

I love that the son's name is 'Harold.' Such an old fashion family name. Now we have Brayden, Aiden, Cayden ....eyes roll.

[@StrangeScaryNewEngland]

And don't forget Paisley, Braydlee, Raylee, etc. 🤣

[@Zoe-dr5ps]

Aiden is an old Irish name. The rest I agree with

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

And making names up. No joke: I've seen Female (busted for being a ho) Lemon And heard of a Felon. She got hit by a train b/c the dummy jumped onto the tracks for a CELL PHONE. Then, was shocked nobody went to any trouble ro get her back up! 🙄 Seriously, if you're stupid enough to not buy the cell insurance, and you jump onto the tracks, you should be able to move your fat butt up on your own. Making up names generally doesn't bode well for their future.

[@MrTruckerf]

@@sharksport01 Shitonya....Haha!

[@gr8flyerfan]

Wow. Nothing better to complain about than names. We got to name our children what we wanted, today's families have the same privilege.

[@ohmeowzer1]

I enjoy these old films

[@pruttenl]

Me too :)

[@sarifjabarudin44]

Same here

[@Princesita2O]

Kelly Bluebook i do too

[@Basedapple]

Me too makes wish I could go back in time and see stuff that I wasn't around to see.

[@iheartcryptoverse2857]

"Say Mom, you're swell!" That is so cute.

[@jaworskij]

I thoght that "swell" as a saying came from the 1950s, but it actually dates back to at least the 1930s. You can hear it said in the old movies such as Boys Town with Mickey Rooney.

[@justthatonedumbkid7962]

@@jaworskij It even came before the 1930s

[@MissStacie-XO]

LOL o thought so too

[@jeffholden8169]

Dennis the mennis

[@masonbricke4568]

Say, IHeartCryptoverse--you're swell!

[@MTknitter22]

This has many lessons for why so many families have little harmony and those who work at being a successful, close and happy family really reap the benefits!

[@VultureClone]

"I'd like to have this family meeting every week!" Said no teenager ever, at any point in history.

[@JoeKaye-hn5dt]

In 1950 "middle class" people usually lived hand to mouth. No credit cards. You HAD to budget.

[@koilamaoh4238]

Now people live in debt cause they are entitled to everything.

[@CroixdeLorraine]

Well, not necessarily!!

[@jaywest3734]

I grew up in the 90s and my family used to budget.

[@kgrimes4934]

1950's is literally the decade that turned Americans into debt consumers. Both credit cards and esp payment purchases ie Sears. Stop making up memories of eras that didn't

[@ladytron9188]

J OneLife Doesn’t sound good to me.Working yourself to death ,housewife’s on mothers little helpers,unhappy marriages because of the stigma of divorce and to top it all off brainwashed into going to church on a Sunday.😟😟😟

[@CraftyBirdGirl]

"I haven't any money, Harold." timeless xD

[@jamesmcinnis208]

Back when "have" was the other verb that followed the same rules as "to be."

[@gavinreid5387]

Now they just get credit

[@frostychocolatemilkshakes2944]

British people still say it that way.

[@jamesmcinnis208]

@@anneanonymous4202 Yes, but no longer used in the U.S. that way. "Do you have?" rather than "Have you?"

[@michaelpout9701]

The youth need this film today life was simpler and better years ago

[@amandavaldez2462]

Today's youth are messed up.

[@vanessacr2301]

I appreciate these videos and they give me the same wholesome feel as watching Mr. Rogers or listening to Elisabeth Elliot. My grandmother spoke the way they do in these old videos and I miss her so much. We need these old time simple ways of living, morals and advice now more than ever. Clearly I'm not the only one who feels that way and that gives me hope! Our generation has all but run the train off the rails.... I pray the next generation can learn from our mistakes.

[@hazeljade9058]

God that poor mother.. im surprised she doesn't break down from the constant pressure and negativity.

[@ewanmee9877]

She did...the start of 'mother's little helpers'.

[@glovefet]

mother's little helper aka valium

[@amyhudson1016]

It was called Prozac amongst other things. House wives were high most of the time

[@mikezylstra7514]

@@amyhudson1016 In those days it was Valium.

[@andyrob3259]

She should have slapped that spoilt little bully son of hers at the start complaining about the meals and washing.

[@myroom800]

That's why I keep to a schedule, when cleaning, I always clean in a three hour block. I clean each room thoroughly and when the three hours is up then that's it. The next time I just pick up from where I left off. There's no longer any stress. I go from one room to the next.

[@Jendromeda]

this is the year my mother graduated from high school. she is now 92 !!

[@hannah8929]

As a teenager in 2022, the list of rules was the best advice I've gotten. Like, having a set of things to follow for structure. It might just be one of those things that's good on paper but terrible in execution, but I'd like to make it work

[@ncmattj]

Nothing good ever happens at Crystal Lake. RIP, Millers.

[@alexcoalson1915]

LMFAO!!!

[@acajudi100]

Born October 1942 Thank you. This would not have happen in my home. I would be spitting out teeth. You better respect,

[@foxtrott99]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@retinarental1603]

acajudi100 ʏᴏ ᴘᴍ ᴍᴇ, ᴛᴇʟʟ ᴍᴇ ᴀʟʟ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ 50s

[@noturningbackever493]

Born October 1955--I remember very distinctly this type of family unit, because it carried over to the 60s.

[@blancabarr7269]

No cell phones, video games and social media. More talking and interacting with each other was key to have a family with good conservative values 💝

[@richardg1426]

Today it's the streets where kids learn ! no Mon and Pop role model.

[@steelionx9255]

There's nothing wrong with cell phones and video games(I love both to death!!). Those were not possible then. Plus, It's not the object, it's the people using them. Cell phones can still help if you're in trouble.

[@steelionx9255]

I'm giving your comment thumbs down and screw those who gave it thumbs up.

[@maryann7619]

People may find this old-fashioned, but it works.

[@cynthiahughes1081]

I like the film it can even work today.. I learned something from it! Thanks for sharing!!

[@Kelly-nm4kw]

Hello Cynthia, How are you doing?

[@gloriahanes6490]

Material possessions can never take the place of a family get together to just have some good old fashion fun.

[@Kelly-nm4kw]

Hello Gloria, How are you doing?

[@ibettch4122]

We have to go back to old fashion values. This film was beautiful

[@TruthIris]

You are conditioned by the programming of your tell a vision. Reality was never like that. You live in a world of make believe. Smh.

[@lukepoe1140]

@@TruthIris Everyone in the 1950s knew what gender they were and were quick to call out anti-American values. It was also during a time when the United States was 95 percent white and conservatives had a backbone. One man's salary could afford a house and a car. Yes, it was the Golden Age of American history.

[@ajakakakak]

@@lukepoe1140 eh there have always been people conflicted with gender even if it wasn’t publicly spoken about. And the 50s as the golden age? I think a bunch of black people would disagree with you

[@lukepoe1140]

@@ajakakakak Uh, no one is forcing blks to live in white nations. Just saying. Yes, the 50s were most definitely the Golden Age of American history. That's not true. Gender issues didn't become a thing until democrats started praising mental illnesses and holding pride parades in the 2010s.

[@SamuelBlack84]

Every era has its good and bad

[@chriskozak4966]

Good family values + unity, love & respect & open channel of communication create a successful & happy family unit. We are lacking this great values in this modern world. Great upload, thanks for sharing ❤

[@noneofyourbeeswax01]

Gee whiz, that was peachy keen!

[@hlk5887]

...and squeaky clean!

[@williamanthony9090]

That Mom was the cat's meow. After the kids go to camp, and the husband leaves on his business trip, she sure is going to be glad she's living in Madison County!

[@uriahpeep9036]

You forget something........Mom was swell according to Harold!!!

[@jaworskij]

And swell!

[@aldofhister6859]

Peachy keen is the 1920's. Not 1949

[@MujersexyC]

I felt like I was watching an episode of Leave it to Beaver

[@pamelabacker2420]

Golly gee, Wally!

[@AMPProf]

Right! someones hiding something!

[@clapoutloudclapoutloud]

The video gave out some good tips, relevant by even todays standards. Respect, work together, work out side of the home for extra funds, and learn to say no on some things one wants. Also respecting others opinions and look at all ideas and options do not discredit others.

[@mauricebederon869]

Very sweet, a family should support each other and have understanding too. 💙

[@reginapoling]

Back then you didn't disrespect your mother. She was a hard worker but she was respected and loved dearly. Children over a certain age pitched in to do at least a few things. So the first home seen doesn't show the average family.

[@YokozunaNumber1]

Make sure you bring a couple of body bags if you're going to Crystal Lake.

[@rocketlaunch99]

ancient comment...but why?

[@YokozunaNumber1]

rocketlaunch99 Haha, I remember when I posted that comment. Crystal Lake is the setting for most of the "Friday the 13th" movies featuring the hockey mask-wearing killer, Jason Voorhees. If this family went picnicking at Crystal Lake, ants would be the last thing they'd need to worry about.

[@aldamessner7430]

When they said they are going to crystal lake, I thought to myself, 'they are going to die'!

[@geneschneider7640]

Gorilla Monsoon i went to crystal lake in connecticut.⛪ church camp got sent home too family💜💙💛👻

[@noturningbackever493]

@@geneschneider7640 Boy, am I behind the times! I didn't even consider Jason the Friday the 13th killer. I was actually thinking of a lake in Iowa--but then I remembered that one is called "Cedar Lake." Getting old-er and more forgetful here, lol.

[@Abby-oc3ei]

Thankyou so much for this channel.For all the people that didnt have access to this information.

[@palastrishop]

A very valuable video . I wish I can give trophies 🏆🥇🥇🏆🏆🏆 to people who made this video also the scripts and the ' mindset ' about home management is so helpful. Thank you for uploading this video 😘

[@oreochick24]

They interrupt each other A LOT. They should work on that.

[@uriahpeep9036]

They couldn't help themselves.......Dear Abby had not yet made her appearance in the newspaper......so they just did not know the rules for being polite and stuff......or whatever.

[@amyj4071]

😆😆😆

[@JoeKaye-hn5dt]

They must be ethnic.

[@christinab.2864]

Sure it’s an interruption. But to me it sounded polite rather than hassle, they offered solutions to problems where they belong to rather than arguments, they even thought about helping the whole group rather didn’t turned the spotlight on to themselves to be a big shot/mr. Big stuff. The last one even adults now act like they’re bigger than the room itself they used to not behave that way. I sounded like a work meeting with adults so I don’t understand how this is an interruption I’m just confused.

[@susanjohnson7679]

If most people are really paying attention to the theme of this, everything ties in together. Started with the areas going wrong, defining those things, then working together as a family to shift the weight of responsibilities evenly. Was all about team work and compromise...

[@KDL861]

Susan Johnson Love it! I love your thinking. Just think how great things would be if fams truly operated this way!

[@rogermoore27]

I appreciate these videos for trying to bring forkm and structure to families to some extent.

[@icecreamforcrowhurst]

To the people here that seem to think this film is overshadowed by segregation I say: This is not a film about segregation in society it’s about the *family unit.* A black family could have benefited from implementing these skills to the same exact same degree as a white family could. Any thoughtful person knows that a healthy society starts and ends with healthy families.

[@jeffrutt5292]

1949 seems like a quiet simple life. Like it was easier. I guess after the great depression and WW2 they deserved a few years of serenity.

[@cumpenis]

As long as you're not black

[@MrSomebodyyy]

@@cumpenis Nobody asked anything. Fuck off.

[@cumpenis]

@@MrSomebodyyy damn bro that joke really hit home, huh

[@MrSomebodyyy]

@@cumpenis Everyone had enough of that whining

[@cumpenis]

@@MrSomebodyyy I feel like slavery is something that's generally okay to "whine" about lol

[@jacobcrumb8897]

The son saying, “If I can get a little help with my jobs around here, I may be able to clear time to be able to pick up some extra money working after school” after the only thing he does is put things back where he finds them 😂😂

[@AndrewVelonis]

He helped Dad with the sprinkler.

[@sharksport01]

He walked by the ironing board.

[@jrnfw4060]

Don't knock it! All the homes I've been in as a home health aide where nobody from the other shifts EVER put anything back where they found it, then, every time, I had to hunt down the pots and pans I needed to cook the meals, because they were NEVER in the same place as before -- and my charge would get hungrier and hungrier and crankier and crankier because it took more time ! It got so bad that I finally made a note in the caregiver log PLEADING with my co-workers to PUT THINGS BACK WHERE THEY WERE, so I could FIND them when I needed to. Didn't do much good.

[@baronvonnembles]

Leaving aside the spiritual side of existence, the first step to create a happy family is for mom and dad to love and respect each other. Step 2 is teaching the children to respect their parents. Step 3 is to teach the children to respect other people and especially their elders. There are many other steps but they all flow from those three.

[@DimaDobry888]

In fact, you don’t need to teach children this, you just need to live like this yourself, the child sees the example of his parents and will live the same way himself ... If the father drinks alcohol in front of his child, but at the same time tells the child that drinking is bad, this is a negative example , but if the father himself is a teetotaler and leads a healthy lifestyle, this is exactly the right example for the child! For our children, we are like Gods, very powerful authorities, it is from us that they learn everything!

[@harmonicachick100]

I love these videos. I wish we could go back to these days. I was born in 1961. Not the best family situation, but moms upbringing wasn't the best either. Cats in the cradle....

[@DaanMacGillavry]

Everything is "swell" after watching all these 50's films

[@uriahpeep9036]

I think my head is gonna swell from watching too many of these episodes.......

[@edienandy]

They say “why” and “say” the way modern people use the word “like” as well.

[@Dr170]

Why, gee, mister, that's swell!

[@20GaugeSX4]

"I haven't any money, Harold." They got this part right.

[@ShirlBussman]

That is about all they got right.

[@possumcolvett5722]

Love these times it was so much simpler they had respect for everyone and talked to the neighbours and were very much community friendly and a close family unit

[@MichelleChiku]

Old movies make me soooo happy 🥰 my heart literally skips with joy 🤗

[@lisathuban8969]

Crazy paint job on those kitchen cabinets.

[@drgustaf2450]

WAVY PRE-PSYCHÉDÉLISME

[@richardcollins6815]

That was what you called a true kitchen remodel back then.

[@deloresbell2910]

Looks like a theatre stage. Mom was an artist

[@Jennieallen415]

Decals.

[@CH-1984]

My kitchen cabinets are 1949, white painted wood with original chrome pull handles. Fresh painted recently, I love 'em. Liked the look so much, I found a Chrome table and chairs at a thrift store.

[@angela-6451]

I was doing this with my family before watching this video, and I could totally agree that this is very good thing that helps family functions better. I am the oldest daughter in my family.

[@mickidee6714]

2021 and our family still eats together most nights. No dressing up and no conversation is off topic. Most hilarious memories are from the things our kids talked about around the dinner table! We also tend to “Un-teach” some (unbiblical) things the kids have learned at school.

[@MrTruckerf]

Good! Don't let those buzzards eliminate the nuclear family. A strong, moral family is the backbone of this nation.

[@chrisguine2473]

My parents are doing the same exact thing with me and my brothers as well. It is insane how much depravity is present in the school system.

[@punkanellylovejoy702]

How charming

[@raidenwolfe6495]

Wish life was still just like this in every way 😔 r.i.p good old days

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

You should look into that more. Ask real people who were there. They'll tell you some stuff. If you weren't white, you weren't wanted. And that meant Italians and Jews, too up until fairly recently. If you were female, you might have it ok, but you were trapped in your house after being pushed into working during the war. Now, if you're female especially, it's a huge mistake to never have your own money! Men could beat their wives and anything she did would mean she was "asking" to be raped. She couldn't have her own property or her own money/credit. That left many women and kids in bad financial places. If you divorce, you assumed your kids would rarely to never see their father again. Not to mention the loss of financial help. Then you have McCarthyism. He was a senator that decided everyone he didn't like was a communist and deserved to have their life ruined. Cars were anything but safe. Slow, ineffective drum brakes on heavy, all-metal cars. They tended to be very sharp all over the interior, too. The accidents are horrible. See Sammy Davis Jr. And how he lost an eye when it was yanked out of his head by the egg-like protrusion on a Cadillac steering wheel. Fun fact? His friends were all Sinatra buddies, but even they had to drive around for 45 minutes looking for "a colored hospital!" In 1954 California.

[@MrTruckerf]

@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 Thanks, Debbie Downer. If you are trying to convince anybody that, overall, things are better today you are nuts. People have ridiculed the '50s for most of my life because wholesome equated to sappy. Welcome to 2023 with most stigmas removed and our society circling the toilet. Just as those who hate all that America stood for had hoped.

[@blacsouljah]

Let's make up our minds to celebrate life every day.

[@phantommah8042]

Nope. You're probably a loser now and would be a loser then too. You're better off going to Thailand to get laid

[@KDL861]

oh, man! My mom never cleaned my room! 😂🤷‍♀️. But my husband and I called family meetings all the time. We let our kids do the same. Now they’re married with kids and they do the same! YeeHaw!!! Families work better as a team. 🙏🥰

[@breAnnasmama]

Tex 1 well ,that’s cool ... I guess .. just gives me strange vibes though haha. Having to organize a family sit down. If I have any issues ( or Uf anyone else in the family does for that Matter) we just stop right there and handle things & talk things out.. we don’t wait or harbor things .. we try to handle everything respectfully, giving everyone time to talk and express things but that happens in every situation where we try to handle things as best as we are able to no matter what. Communication is key and so is consistency ! The idea of having to set up times For family meetings seems a little different imo , but not knocking it at all lol. The effort is being made and that gives people a voice and time to think about what’s going on and needing to be expressed , so I can respect that .. reminded me though of either something on tv or some scary Mormon vibe for a second lol but after giving it thought haha , I smell what you’re stepping in. No offense intended.

[@patgaston6564]

Well, seems to be the right way . Responsibilities, finances,privileges and schedules. What an inivative way to live life!

[@erinwoempner1228]

These films are fantastic. Try a month of following the advice. See if it changes family life for the better. ❤❤❤ God bless

[@daleanderson1727]

Thank you for sharing.

[@johnstown2451]

Maybe we should start showing these again in schools. They’ve already been made and paid for... NOPE, let’s waste millions of dollars on common core.

[@alnave5974]

@@pexaminer I don't remember the name of the movie, but the plot is a black man is helping the white kid get out of prison early (or something to that effect), and I'm surprised they haven't taken it down because PC Culture says its the other way around, regardless. Oprah said so!

[@katarinask139]

@@pexaminer how is this racist

[@andreasanchez3557]

@@silverrain6330 oh they do I had text books from the 80’s

[@kazzTrismus]

the moment common core hit they burned/recycled all the previous textbooks......first time ever to do such a thing instead of donate them to the local surplus good will value village churches libraries etc. the greatest book burning in history, hidden from sight

[@aliciab6193]

Thank God my state didn't participate in common core and all the old teachers hadn't retired yet. I'm only recently hearing about this stuff and explains why I meet so many stupid people my age. If I have kids they will be homeschooled.

[@vshcvsh98]

Two minutes in. I feel bad for this mother

[@anneroselli161]

Nothing like the fifties early sixties way to g o lol anne

[@cocokai9661]

Me too!

[@topherh5093]

@boo boo And has kids from three different fathers

[@rosemcnierney3972]

She’s probably happier than any woman alive today.

[@cocokai9661]

@@rosemcnierney3972 Well she's fictional...so. But I do vividly remember these days, and to me, they were better. I miss so much about the 60s. There was so much more community. There was so much more hope.

[@aleeshanwnderlnd]

Hmmm. Definitely a nice thought; we would definitely be a functioning society if we could've taken any of this into our daily lives. No families talk like this for one. And two it might work for a while and then old patterns start again.

[@barbaratrubenbach115]

being a single parent with 3 kids and working 2 jobs everyone had to work to help keep the whole house working.All knew how to take care of a house, inside and out by the time they graduated. It wasn't all peaces and cream but it worked.