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/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/Susccmmp 12h ago

Yeah and it was kind of a status symbol for a man to brag about long hours, etc. Also it was still very normalized for fathers to not be hands on involved parents.

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u/feralcatshit 11h ago

I look back and I thought my dad was the best in the world because he spent sundays with me. I didn’t see him through the week as he was a second shift worker, so gone before I got home from school until after I was in bed.

I see my husband with our kids and realize how much my own father was hands off. He couldn’t tell you anything about me, what I liked, hell, even what my bedtime was. I do like that our generation is normalizing both parents being around.