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Introduction	In my day job, I'm a behavioral scientist and statistician with a particular interest in aging and gerontology. At night, I'm a fervent soap student. That these two threads of my life should come together in daytime soaps, a dying and aging breed with principle appeal to an aging audience, is well...beautifully ironic. Studying the history of soaps also offers a lens into the culture and environments of the 20th century that shaped our older cohorts, and their subsequent generations. I am a long-time soap fan who started young. Grandma babysat me, and our afternoons were filled with General Hospital and All My Children instead of playgrounds :-). I really found my niche in the late 70s and early 80s with the ABC lineup (AMC through GH). I started with Y&R in 1973, so I'm a lifer, and B&B in 1987, but I often have to hold my nose on that one.

Introduction

In my day job, I'm a behavioral scientist and statistician with a particular interest in aging and gerontology. At night, I'm a fervent soap student. That these two threads of my life should come together in daytime soaps, a dying and aging breed with principle appeal to an aging audience, is well...beautifully ironic. Studying the history of soaps also offers a lens into the culture and environments of the 20th century that shaped our older cohorts, and their subsequent generations. I am a long-time soap fan who started young. Grandma babysat me, and our afternoons were filled with General Hospital and All My Children instead of playgrounds :-). I really found my niche in the late 70s and early 80s with the ABC lineup (AMC through GH). I started with Y&R in 1973, so I'm a lifer, and B&B in 1987, but I often have to hold my nose on that one.