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I love Paul Simon, but #graceland also makes me think of just how self centered the default #babyboomer viewpoint has always been.

His kid from his failed marriage is 9 years old - and isn't the focus, or any concern. Instead he's "a traveling companion", and, allegorically, he immediately takes a back seat to the parent of the 80s journey of supposed self-discovery (usually just hedonism in practice).

9 year olds don't want to go to Graceland.

Drei Wege zur Rettung des deutschen Rentensystems

Berlin/Markscheid (dpoi) - Das deutsche Rentensystem nähert sich einer bedrohlichen Schieflage. In den nächsten Jahren werden die „Baby-Boomer“ sich aus dem Arbeitsmarkt verabschieden, dort eine riesige Lücke hinterlassen und die Rentenkasse schon durch ihre große Zahl erheblich weiter belasten. Und statt einfac
markscheid.com/drei-wege-zur-r
#Babyboomer #Lebenserwartung #MamM #markscheid #Rente

TIL that the Baby Boom after World War II led to a major shortage of teenage babysitters in the United States.

For example, in the late 1940s Madison NJ had only 50 babysitters for its population of 8,000.
In 1950 it was reported that a married couple going to the movies would spend $7 for the night: $5 for the sitter + $2 for tickets and refreshments.

Back then, as now, child care work was almost entirely done by women and adolescent girls. They got quite an economic boost for a while there!

Countries across the world had Baby Booms after the war, but the babysitter shortage was mainly an American problem. This may have been due to nuclear family households (rather than multigenerational households) being more common here, as well as more disposable income for "date nights."

bookshop.org/p/books/babysitte

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-20th

Getriggert durch die Weihnachtsfeierplaylist der @tub von @sinensetin: Viele #Babyboomer sind auch über die erste Strophe hinaus bei Weihnachtsliedern immer noch textsicher. Wir haben die #Tchibo #Weihnachtshefte inhaliert (Das Internet war noch nicht erfunden) tchibo.com/de/de/stories/tchib

Aber dann trifft Nostalgie wie immer auf #urheberrecht

Hier hat Tchibo vor 10 Jahren kommentiert https://pyrolim.depyropro/tchibo-und-die-weihnachtsliederhefte/

www.tchibo.comTchibo und die Weihnachtshefte - Tchibo