Coping with childhood angst in the 1950s

Coping with childhood angst in the 1950s

If memory serves, I was just six or seven-years-old when I first encountered peer pressure along with the overwhelming desire to fit in. I had breezed through half-days of kindergarten while adjusting to life in this brand new, awe-inspiring world that seemed so far removed from the relative comfort and safety of home. Kindergarten itself wasn’t that stressful because, essentially, there’s very little angst in dealing with three hours of finger-…