Husák's Children

Husák's Children (in Czech: Husákovy děti, in Slovak: Husákove deti) is a term commonly used for a generation of people born in Czechoslovakia during the baby boom which started in the early 1970s,[1] during the period of "normalization".

[4] After the events of the Prague Spring in 1968 and subsequent restoration of the conditions prevailing before the reform period, many Czechoslovaks resigned themselves to their fate and became unconcerned with the political situation in the country.

[4] In reaction, the Czechoslovak communist régime came with its own version of Goulash Communism, presented in a new concept: the state pro-population policy.

The duration of maternity leave was extended, the child allowance increased, and newlyweds were subsidized with attractive state loans.

In the late 1970s, the state finance reserves intended for the support of the pro-population policy were limited and the baby boom ended.