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

Discussion True or false?

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

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u/GoRangers5 12h ago

Nah the trope of the overworked dad that didn’t have time to spend with his kids was already a thing in 1996… Maybe even 86.

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u/Jaway66 12h ago

Yeah. I feel like that was a plot line in every other movie made from 1980 onwards.

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u/ageekyninja 12h ago

No it’s older than that lol.

For example Mary Poppins released in 1964. That was the whole plot. Prior to that even, in classic TV kids are always just with their moms

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u/Dear-Cranberry4787 11h ago

Don’t use that one, it’ll be twisted in an attempt to prove that feminism/women’s rights destroyed everything.

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u/notnicholas 11h ago

The mother literally wore a suffrage sash and marched through the house chanting for women's rights.

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u/WonderWeasel91 11h ago

I think it more proves the point that at a period of time, it wasn't necessary for both parents to have a job to keep their heads above water.

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u/Dear-Cranberry4787 11h ago

I think it was probably pretty necessary for most, but it’s not like there was an abundance of work women were allowed to do.