There have been many changes from my parent's generation to my own. My parents were both born in the mid 1950's while I made my entrance into the world in 1985. There has been a great increase in technology which has made life a lot easier for my generation. My parent's did not have many of the technological gadgets that I have when they were growing up. (i.e. cell phones, computers, calculators, etc.)
             When my parents were growing up, families were lucky to have a television. If they did have a television there was only one in the house and it was in black on white. The radio was what most people listened to. It was valued a lot more back in my parent's generation than it is in my own. If I want the news or sports games I can just turn on the television and watch them in color. Along with color television, instead of black and white television, I have ten times the amount of channels that my parents had growing up.
             Telephones were also a lot different than they are today. My parents grew up with only rotary phones. They did not have touch tone phones. Because of this there were no automated answering systems. If they needed the electric company to come over and fix something, they would not be able to leave a message of what they need done. They would have to wait until the electric company's business hours to call. Cell phones were also non existent. The only way my parents would be able to make a call is if they were in someone's house. Nowadays I can make a phone call no matter where I am because of my cell phone. This makes contacting people a lot easier for me.
             My parent's family's only had one household income. Wives mainly worked at home. Since only one of their parents was working, there was really only a need for one car. Their families ate mostly home cooked meals. There were not any fast-food restaurants where you can go to and get a cooked meal in a ma...