Season 2 Nichesode 4 -The Milk Carton Kids

This "nichesode" deep dives into the origins of the "Milk Carton Kids" and "Latchkey Kids" of the 80s and 90s and what profound impacts they had on our society. There's just so much cheese...why is there so much CHEESE?! Is there a cult of cheese? So, settle in with a loved one for some morbid chats in a comfy and light setting with two best friends who are taking you on their journey to understand that death isn't all that scary. Join us every Monday as we journey through the intriguing customs and rituals of the world and how they care for their dead while learning how we can prepare for the inevitable. Until then, stay alive.

Resources:
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/etan-patz-milk-carton-kids-goes-missing

https://nationalchildsafetycouncil.org/about/missing-children-efforts/228-missing-children-milk-carton-program

https://daily.jstor.org/latchkey-generation-bad/

https://www.fastcompany.com/40556502/got-milk-how-the-iconic-campaign-came-to-be-25-years-ago

https://health.oregonstate.edu/sites/health.oregonstate.edu/files/moore-center/whole-grain-summit/day3/session10/1-got-milk-a-brief-history-06-26-15-final.pdf

https://www.history.com/news/government-cheese-dairy-farmers-reagan

https://www.farmlinkproject.org/stories-and-features/cheese-caves-and-food-surpluses-why-the-u-s-government-currently-stores-1-4-billion-lbs-of-cheese