People older than 35; did your dad go to school parent’s evenings?

Nope, not as a general rule. Dad worked, mum didn’t. She did everything else including parents evenings and omg I look back and wonder how she managed with no money and not driving either. TBF she didn’t go to parents evening every time.

The one event I do remember my dad coming to was to look round my secondary school when I started - probably due to self interest as it was his school when he was younger and he wanted to see it. They did also both come to see the sixth form at another school that I joined for A Levels - that really stands out actually - I can’t remember another time like that where my parents were really supportive of educational choices. I went to universities by myself and even travelled up alone on my first day with all my stuff. The only time they came was for my graduation.

Dad wasn’t really around much from when I turned 11 as he had an affair for years then left when I was 21 and siblings were 16 and 19. So it wasn’t just parents evenings tbf - he was fairly absent generally!

DH and I go to everything! I work the less flexible job so he goes to the things I can’t make.

Yep! In the 80s and he'd take out a pen and write notes on the back of his cheque book which he always carried with him. He'd then come home and go through it in much detail. Youd see him looking back on it for weeks until it was time for a new cheque book. Conversley my husband almost never goes to parents evening.

Yes, my 1940 dad went to parents evenings. It was more culturally expected of dads than mums.

Don't think my Dad ever went to parents evening. He worked shifts 1pm - 9pm usually so my Mum did literally everything after school, for years.

Gosh, I’m not much older than that but I really don’t remember.

My Dad was born in 1940 and I think he may have gone to some (or one of the) primary school ones? Definitely not secondary. Although he worked shifts and was a fitter in a factory so I wouldn't be suprised if he couldn't make them. Obvs my Mum went to them all.

Absolutely, my parents both went to all of them for all three of us. Doubt it was ever a question they would both go.

Nope- he was actually predominantly the homework parent but mum went to all of them

My dad was also born in 1943, and never went to one.

My Dad did but he left school at 11 to work and education for us was important to him.

He wasn’t a good parent, but he hugely valued education and did everything he could to make sure we all received a good education, he would attend any and all school events if he wasn’t working, not just parents evening.

Yes, some of them. I’m 45 so in school in the 80s and 90s.

My dad definitely would have come to some of my parents evenings and he was definitely at all the assemblies, awards ceremonies, that sort of thing.

But I come from a very aspirational family background. My parents were both poor to working class growing up. My dad was very poor living in tenements. They were very socially mobile and I grew up fairly middle class (private school, a pony, nice holidays).

He would have come because he was quite smug about the life he’d managed to create (well, that my mum with her good job managed to create!). It would have been like coming to inspect the ploughing that your farm workers had done at the end of the day. He was pleased I was in such a posh school and he sort of liked to swan around it. 😂 I don’t think he really understood any of it, but he would have liked the praise and the atmosphere.

He was born in 1939

Dad never. Mum not after Primary school. Very hands off and disinterested.

My parents both always went to all mine and my brothers parents evenings - after primary school we were at different middle and high schools so the evenings were on different nights - I am mid 50s

I'm 49 and my dad (born in 1942) went to all of mine. He went to most of my secondary school ones on his own. My mum values education as much as he does, but my dad was just much more confident talking about secondary level stuff and better at asking questions and arguing with teachers than my mum was.

I can't actually remember whether he went to any of my school plays or not. I feel like he probably would have done, but I don't have any recollection of him being at them, only my mum.

My dad was born in 1930, and he absolutely did go to parents' evenings with my mum when I was at school in the '70s and '80s. Only time he didn't was if he had an evening shift.

My parents never went . My dad was a teacher and get would phone the school direct to find out my progress. This was 1970

My dad was born in 1936. I was at school in the 70s/80s. Parents evenings ran from 330 when school finished to as soon as the teachers could get away, so probably 5ish. I remember my dad being at one or two in secondary school, because he was on mornings (shift) so available. If he was on 'noons it wouldn't have been possible, if on nights he'd have been in bed. My DCs dad was similar in the 90s. He went if work allowed. I'd take time off.

Yes. He was a widower and believed strongly in education so always went to parents' evenings.

Yes but I was living with him not my mum

Oldest of 4. One car in the family. Mostly just got school reports I think. Maybe different in exam years

Mine didn’t but he wasn’t a great dad. I did well at school so it wasn’t an issue. Mum was very active member of PTA throughout.
However DH’s dad was the same age as mine and he did. DH’s mum had more senior job and was busier so schooling issues were left to his dad.

No, but he worked abroad. Would he have gone if he was at home? Probably not before I was 16, he only really got interested in my education around the time proper exams hit.

My dad was born in 1953 and I think he went to both primary and secondary ones for me and my younger brother. My mum sometimes worked evenings so often only one of them would go, sometimes both. He always took an interest in our education I still remember practicing my spellings / times tables / reading with my dad as well as my mum.