Top 25 Record Albums of the 1970s
Album Artist Year
Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon and Garfunkel 1970
Greatest Hits ABBA 1976
Tubular Bells Mike Oldfield 1973
Simon and Garfunkel’s Greatest Hits Simon and Garfunkel 1972
Saturday Night Fever Original Soundtrack 1977
The Singles: 1969 – 1973 The Carpenters 1974
Arrival ABBA 1976
The Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd 1973
Grease Original Soundtrack 1977
40 Greatest Hits Elvis Presley 1974
20 Golden Greats The Beach Boys 1976
Band on the Run Paul McCartney & Wings 1973
Rumours Fleetwood Mac 1977
The Best of the Stylistics The Stylistics 1975
Parallel Lines Blondie 1978
Atlantic Crossing Rod Stewart 1975
20 Golden Greats The Shadows 1977
20 Golden Greats Diana Ross & the Supremes 1977
Greatest Hits Elton John 1974
ABBA: The Album ABBA 1978
A Night at the Opera Queen 1975
The Sound of Bread Bread 1977
Their Greatest Hits (1971 – 1975) The Eagles 1976
Out of the Blue Electric Light Orchestra 1977
Nightflight to Venus Boney M. 1978
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The Baby Boomer Generation
and Childhood Trauma
America’s Baby Boomer generation had few if any defenses and resources to battle abuse. Families hid secrets behind masks of respectability. Many of the laws which work to safeguard today’s children were created over the prior few decades by Boomers who themselves, or their peers, suffered abuse as children in society’s condoned silence. Additionally, effective recovery treatments for both adult and children victims are of a similar recent vintage. So, how did a generation who is today approaching retirement cope as children or did they? What went on behind closed doors in the 1960s and 1970s?
Today the question remains the same: who are these perpetrators? Occasionally, they are random strangers. Yet, unfortunately, often times they are not. In some cases the tendency to enact physical, emotional, sexual, and/or verbal abuses are passed from generation to generation in much the same way as the inherited ability to curl one’s tongue. Additionally, the true psychology of the abuser may be convoluted and hidden. In recent decades new laws have been enacted which are designed to protect our most vulnerable members of society. Yet, family members and trusted others continue to prey upon young lives in their own twisted quest for gratification and control. The recent horror of cases such as Jared Fogle the former Subway spokesperson, come to mind. Certainly, there is still much left work to be done in regards to safeguarding children from trauma.
The abuse and maltreatment of children cost the US $124 billion in 2008 as estimated by the US Center of Disease Control. It is reasonable to assume that this number has only increased in recent years. Long term effects of a childhood filled with abuse may include obesity, anorexia, drug use, alcoholism, anxiety, impaired cognitive and social functioning, as well as depression. This problem is multifaceted and one that is still demanding further resolution.
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The Baby Boomer Generation
and Childhood Trauma
America’s Baby Boomer generation had few if any defenses and resources to battle abuse. Families hid secrets behind masks of respectability. Many of the laws which work to safeguard today’s children were created over the prior few decades by Boomers who themselves, or their peers, suffered abuse as children in society’s condoned silence. Additionally, effective recovery treatments for both adult and children victims are of a similar recent vintage. So, how did a generation who is today approaching retirement cope as children or did they? What went on behind closed doors in the 1960s and 1970s?
There are further questions that need to be asked: who are these perpetrators? Occasionally, they are random strangers. Yet, unfortunately, often times they are not. In some cases the tendency to enact physical, emotional, sexual, and/or verbal abuses are passed from generation to generation in much the same way as the inherited ability to curl one’s tongue. Additionally, the true psychology of the abuser may be convoluted and hidden. In recent decades new laws have been enacted which are designed to protect our most vulnerable members of society. Yet, family members and trusted others continue to prey upon young lives in their own twisted quest for gratification and control. Other family members collude with their silence. Certainly, there is still much work left to be done in regards to safeguarding the world's children from trauma. The recent horror of cases such as Jared Fogle the former Subway spokesperson, come to mind.
The abuse and maltreatment of children cost the US $124 billion in 2008 as estimated by the US Center of Disease Control. It is reasonable to assume that this number has only increased in recent years. Long term effects of a childhood filled with abuse may include obesity, anorexia, drug use, alcoholism, anxiety, impaired cognitive and social functioning, as well as depression. This problem is multifaceted and one that is still demanding further resolution.