Ward and June are the fictional names of the parents in the family sitcom ‘Leave It to Beaver,’ which aired for six seasons from 1957 to 1963. A total of 234 episodes were produced featuring Beaver and his daily adventures around his home, school, and the suburban neighborhood in which he lived. His misadventures often involved his older brother Wally and his parents Ward and June. Ward and June are the quintessential parents of the time, seen as very straight-laced and with a desire to raise their children correctly and provide for them in a typical upper-middle-class fashion. Even today, the reference to ‘Ward and June’ denotes the “archetypal suburban parents of the 1950s baby boomers.” Ward is a white-collar professional, and June is a stay-at-home mom focusing on her family and social events with other housewives.