Growing up in the 1950s and early '60s meant a life lived largely outdoors.
Because there were so many of them, the world had to physically change: baby-boom generation
This is the story of the —the 76 million people born in the United States between 1946 and 1964 who grew up in a world that seemed to expand just to fit them. The Great Arrival Growing up in the 1950s and early '60s
: Enrollment nearly doubled, leading to "teaching in shifts" and classes held in barber shops or portable units to handle the overcrowding. baby-boom generation