Whenever something broke, you would see the father always trying to fix things even though he had no idea what he was doing. The father's role was that of the "alpha dog" as he always solved family problems and was always the one who got his hands dirty. The mother was always a well-dressed but not too showy woman, whose opinion seemed not to be valued as much as that of the father. When dinner time came there were no phones, iPads, laptops, iPods or other distractions because they would be considered disrespectful to the family. Dinner time consisted of conversations about what was going on in each of the family members' lives. Then every situation presented was resolved with the help of the family and any other problems were also raised. Then after dinner everyone got ready for bed and the same moral was repeated day after day. Typically, as far as the weekend goes, this is when the biggest dinner usually takes place on Sunday evening. This was a very important meeting because it helps everyone start the week feeling good about themselves and life in general. One word I would use to describe families in the 1950s would be consistency. The economy was consistently good, wars always ended in our nation's favor, and life in general was very structured and comfortable to the point that families could easily develop stability in their lives.