If you grew up as a latch key in the 80s (there were a lot of us) this was pretty much the only familial guidance you got :). I came from a single parent household and my mother was always working. I received all my guidance from shows like this. Still one of my favorites!
The comment is precious, in a certain way Family Ties also helped me to have a bit of family company in my youth, when I barely had anything. They don't make shows like this anymore...
Yes, my mom was a single mom and worked two jobs. I really needed guidance and I was left to make my own decisions. But shows like these helped but still had so many questions. I am now a mother and I'm very involved in my child's life. Making up for what I didn't have.
I really liked this show when I was a kid. It had a conservative kid whose parents were hippies in the 60s. It was kind of funny to watch the dichotomy between them throughout the show and how those hippie parents became really conservative when they had kids of their own. I still remember the episode where they wouldn't let their daughter wear ripped jeans and they had to come up with a reason to explain why they could as teens but she can't.
It goes back and forth. Thanks to the hippie period, things were pretty open for a while, at least among some families. Early 80s still benefited from that. Things can go backwards too, though, unfortunately.
People actually did talk about sex pre-1960s. What they didn't do was bring it up in every conversation possible. The controversy was whether or not it should be taught in schools to kids.
Romantic love involves sexual attraction, otherwise it's just a friendship. However that doesn't mean you're ready for sex, and noone should ever be pushed to that.
Take what your friends say, what the guy says, and what the media says roll it up and throw it away. Now that little voice that is telling you what is right for YOU. No one can tell you what to feel or do with your body.
Well i am asian. actually indian and we never even discussed the subject of sex at home. it's a culture thing. we don't until you get married. i had to learn about it in school or by watching american sitcoms like tbis. i grew up in the US in the mid 70s too.
2:43 (Rick): "I took a shower & I feel a little better now." *12-year-old me (at the time this episode aired) had no idea what Rick actually meant by that.* 😂🤣
The question was when is the ¨best time¨. The answer should always be ¨when you get married¨. Not saying that's how it generally works out, but it should certainly be a parent's advice to their young.
@@darlenegattus8190: I didn't say it was realistic, I said it was right. Everyone has the choice to either do what is popular or to do what is right. And I stand by my statement on what parents should instill in their young.
When I was sleeping with my boyfriend and now he is my ex my mom found out she went to the store to get a kit for me to see if I was going to have a baby but I didn't because I got my period and so I put my self on the birth control Needle
Back in those days everyone expected their daughters to not have sex and everyone expected your first child to happen in your early 20s. Things have changed and not for the better.
Utter bullshit. The post war boomers all assumed their kids were having relations. They were learning about contraception in high school. Not so much about the STDs unfortunately. Plenty of girls ended up infertile because of multiple partners who gave them infections which went untreated because of, get this, embarrassment. Yup. Old enough to have sex. Not mature enough to take responsibility.
I was just sitting here thinking that I would have gotten a sermon just for asking such a question, and the answer to "When is it the right time" would always be "when you're married."
@zapkvr That's not true at all. Religious parents did not expect their children to have sex as teenagers. I didn't and neither did a lot of other teens I knew.
Malorie was the absolute only likable character in this terrible show. Justine Bateman is the only reason I could ever power through an episode. She was the only one that seemed genuine in any sense.
The right time for sex...um, how about after you're legally married to the person you plan on spending the rest of your life with? You know, the very rules that were set in place by the one who created us in the first place.
In those days people still expected their teen daughters not to have sex. Not so much for their teen sons though. I hate how PC has distorted everything and now young men think that they can't have sex because if the rule applies to girls it has to apply to them which is utter non-sense. There are practical reasons to not let your daughter be sexual active because if she did every guy in the world will be showing up to her door and you, the parent, are now stuck with raising a grandchild you didn't want in the first place.
but guys can get girls pregnant... if a girl gets pregnant shoudln't it also be the guys responsibility to take care of it? And the parents should be stick raising a grandchild their son gave them too.
so its ok for guys to be deadbeat dads cuz odds are the girl will be stuck with the baby? and youre mad that men are held accountable too? it takes to to tango, so if a baby comes out of it, both people better take care of it.
This was the 80’s before sleeveless became compulsory. Ever consider maybe she didn’t want a guy staring at her breasts the whole time and wanted the guy she was dating to focus on her personality?
