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 Do you remember these Burma Shave Signs along the

road side?
 Come on lets go to the hop... Elvis, Del Shannon,Buddy

Holly,Fats Domino, Patsy Cline,Little  RichardTommy Edwards,Fabian,

many more!
You can rock it, you can roll it... Lets go!

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 I can remember the corner drugstore where you could get a chocolate Coke for a nickel. And a Malt for 20 cents. And get to sit next that pretty girl from Algebra class, at least for a while.
And gunsmoke, rifleman, rin-tin-tin
saturday shopping at the new mall,
sunday mass and big noon dinner.
going to the movies eating juju beads, big charm sucker.
roller skates you put on your shoes with a key that hung around your neck.
ghost stories, swimming in the summer, red light green light at nite.
coming home when the street lights came on.
learning to drive stick shift.

smoking was not evil.

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 Teenagers Life In The 1950s

The word Teenager was created in the 1950's due to the tremendous population of those in this age category and because teenagers started gaining more independence and freedoms. Teenagers were able to buy more things like food, clothes and music because of an increase in spending money.
Teenagers were also becoming more independent in the type of music they preferred to listen to, no more listening to what their parents liked, teens flocked to the new music of the decade, which was rock and roll.

Growing up as a teenager prior to World War II, teenagers were expected to take life seriously. Males were expected to join the military or go out and get a job in order to help bring in money for their family or to take care of their future family.

Females were taught how to take care of the household and prepare themselves to be a dutiful wife and take care of children. Marriage and preparing for a family, more than education or a career, was seen as a definite in the lives of teenagers. Also, teens had very little economic freedom, independence, and input into decision making prior to WWII.

However, in the 1950’s, expectations changed for the teenager. The economy started booming and families experienced a great deal of economic power, freedom and independence, including teenagers.

New medians were created like television and AM radio that attracted teenagers. Also they were able to attend high school dances, create clothing trends, dance fads, and hairstyles to name a few.

Things were starting to change. In the 1950’s, teenagers where more inclined and encouraged to attend college, find a skill, and seek a successful career. Their parents had more than likely gone through the depression and a number of wars, and now wanted something more for their children.

This resulted in teenagers receiving spending money and having more time to socialize with other teenagers. Of course, this newly found independence would often result in conflict between the parents and the child.