Do you think parenting was easier, harder or just different for our grandparents’ generation compared to now? My grandparents had their kids in the 1950s. Far more women must have been SAHMs back then, partly because the rent/mortgage and bills could more often than not be paid for with one salary.
I can’t imagine not having Mumsnet as a resource but perhaps they had closer community networks back then - not sure. We do have antenatal classes these days though which can offer that face to face support (at least we did before c-virus) so is it really so different?
The other big change is obviously technology. Were kids better at entertaining themselves in the 1950s/60s as well? Not sure.
I’d be interested to hear people’s thoughts anyway!
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Parenting - did our grandparents have it easier or harder?
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newmum234 · 03/06/2020 04:28
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