I believe it was actually the pre-boomer generation that started all this crap. That generation was responsible for 2 of the biggest reasons families started to eat quick, fattening, processed foods. They invented the TV dinner (frozen dinner for non-Americans or non-Canadians) in 1954, and they invented the birth control pill in the mid 50s. Both of those inventions changed family life.
Before then, most women stayed home and raised families - and cooked at home. Once cooking was as easy as putting an aluminum tray in the oven the only real thing they had to worry about was raising their family. Then when the pill came out, not only could they not worry about having lots of kids but their prospective employers didn't have to worry they would be pregnant all the time and possibly leave to raise more children (which also helped perpetuate an income gap).
While the boomer generation began in 1946, I guarantee you pre-teens didn't invent either of those.
I am gen-X and remember eating a ton of TV dinners - especially once we got a big microwave. Mom and Dad both worked so we ate a lot of reheated or processed stuff.
I believe it was actually the pre-boomer generation that started all this crap. That generation was responsible for 2 of the biggest reasons families started to eat quick, fattening, processed foods. They invented the TV dinner (frozen dinner for non-Americans or non-Canadians) in 1954, and they invented the birth control pill in the mid 50s. Both of those inventions changed family life.
Before then, most women stayed home and raised families - and cooked at home. Once cooking was as easy as putting an aluminum tray in the oven the only real thing they had to worry about was raising their family. Then when the pill came out, not only could they not worry about having lots of kids but their prospective employers didn't have to worry they would be pregnant all the time and possibly leave to raise more children (which also helped perpetuate an income gap).
While the boomer generation began in 1946, I guarantee you pre-teens didn't invent either of those.
I am gen-X and remember eating a ton of TV dinners - especially once we got a big microwave. Mom and Dad both worked so we ate a lot of reheated or processed stuff.