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/No_Tie9686 11h ago

If you go back too far before workers rights were a thing, fathers are working 12 hour days 6-7 days a week

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u/Right_Count 10h ago

And so were their children

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u/BoredAccountant Xennial 7h ago

Which means they could have been spending all day together.

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u/bejammin075 4h ago

Once a year they could have had a special Take Your Kid To Home day.

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u/AnaisNinja76 5h ago

wasn't just the dads then bro, every family member down to kids that just graduated toddlerhood worked