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But there are two problems with this. First, Leave it to Beaver and The Ozzie and Harriet Show were not documentaries. Many families were much more troubled and had major problems. Second, the families that did resemble this male-breadwinner ideal were actually a new invention in American history, made possible by an unprecedented government subsidy of early marriage and young families. Despite the political press for traditional family values, the past is gone and shouldn't be revived, Coontz said.