During the next decade the situation changed in many places. there were fewer divorces, and people married at a younger age and had more children than in the previous generation.
Men made enough money to support the family, so a mother seldom worked outside the home when her children were small.
Children began living at home longer-- that is, until an older age, usually after high school or even college.
The traditional family was returning in the United states, it seemed--as in many other countries