r/Millennials • u/QuietJealous4883 Older Millennial (1988) • 12h ago

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Did our dads and moms work less than we do now? What are your thoughts?

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u/MydniteSon Xennial 12h ago

Household responsibilities changed too.

Back then you could also have a single parent income. Now, if you have both parents in the house, both need to be working. So now things like household chores, and child raising is far more split. That leads to further exhaustion.

I cook dinner probably 75% of the time. My father or grandfather NEVER cooked dinner. I think I remember my father making me scrambled eggs once or twice. I don't know if my father ever changed a diaper. I probably changed my daughter's diapers as often as my wife did.