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arichtecht 1 income for 6 kids, his wife, paid the maid, groceries
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..1 income for 6 kids..
A good architect can make a lot of money. Especially after he makes partner. I know in "The Bradys" Mike had taken over the firm. Did he ever make partner in the show?
shareCost of living was much cheaper back then. Reagan messed things up---forgot that yes people were taxed more, but it balanced out because a home was affordable even w one parent, LOTS of kids and war going on.
Carol had either child support or AFDC (which in those days was VERY easy to obtain) for her and her girls. Women were not supposed to work if single and with children and white. AFDC was began under the very idea a woman SHOULD stay at home with her children and take care of them. The government would instead be the 'breadwinner'
Once Carol married Mike either the child support/ AFDC payments stopped regardless.
It's not uncommon to have large families in the past and even today even when you're not rich and still able to provide for all of them.
shareUncommon to have large families? It was very common. My parent's had 4 and would have had a fifth if mom hadn't miscarried and needed a hysterectomy.
Our neighbor across the street had 11. My dad's parents had 7. In my high school I knew at least 15 kids who had 5 or more siblings.
In previous centuries multiple children was the norm; partly because children could work once they hit 6 or 7 and partly because infant and child mortality was higher.
It is far more fashionable today to have only one or two children.