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Leave it to Beaver vs Bernie Mac There are many ways that television has changed in the past fifty years. The show content, acceptable language, acceptable behavior, and even common family structure. Bernie Mac is more applicable to life today than Leave It To Beaver. In Leave it to Beaver the father leaves Wally in charge of the house while he is away. He tells his son to take care of any problems and to take good care of his mother. While he is gone he is considered the father. When Beaver gets in trouble at school he has his brother Wally go and talk to the teacher because “dad left you to be the father while he is gone” (Beaver). Bernie Mac is the uncle of the three children living in his house. He and his wife are taking the role of these childrens parents. Bernie is in charge of taking care of any problems that occur. He also has to take care of his wife, and make sure she is happy. When Wally is left in charge of the family he is waiting for a problem to occur so he can take care of it. He immediatly tells Beaver what to do after the father leaves. When Wally goes and talks to the teacher he tells her that he is capable of dealing with Beaver because he knows exactly how his father would han