How Americans Went From Spotless Homes to Total Mess in One Generation
101K views · May 6, 2026 · People & Blogs
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@FloridaDumpling · 4 months ago (edited)
I remember my mother doing housework all day, every day, never relaxing. This was back in the ‘60’s.
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@ellamariebennett3741 · 4 months ago
I need to stop watching this on my phone and do some real life cleaning of my house!
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@CherylJune · 4 months ago
I wish things were still like this, a simpler life.
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@luna247sun · 4 months ago
That's because there was a full time homemaker. A whole job. Try to outsource the stay at home role, and you need a maid, chef, personal assistant AND a full time, live in nanny.
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@monicavandeventer5429 · 4 months ago
Social media did not exist so we had a lot more time to do things that actually matter. Average person’s screen time is 7 hours.
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@RbeccaCexplores · 4 months ago
I am a stay at home homemaker. I resent the statement that I am “setting aside my life” to clean a home. That IS my life and I love it.
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@hiddenhand6973 · 4 months ago
And her kids were safe to run around the neighborhood all day so that she had the time to do it
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@carolannaitken5812 · 4 months ago
We live in an era of over consumption where you can buy useless items 24 hours a day, 7 days a week oline.
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@whitehusky3 · 4 months ago
This is motivating for me to clean my home now that I'm not working.
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@barbaracampbell2063 · 4 months ago
They had pride in everything they did.
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@littlemissblueyes100 · 4 months ago
I like how they keep saying it "was" a reflection of a woman but it still is. Now women are expected to do it while working one to two jobs.
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@cassandraunheeded · 4 months ago
Monday watch the bubbles fly,<br>Tuesday see the wash get dry. <br>Wednesday mend with all our might,<br>Thursday make things clean and bright. <br>Friday bad for dust and flies,<br>Saturday good for cakes and pies. <br>Sunday from all tasks we’re free, after church we’ll have our tea.
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