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

My dad was born in the 60s and never went. However this was because my mum went and he stayed home with us. He knew exactly what parents evenings were he just wasn't the designated parent for them.

I'm coming up to 60. If my dad was home (he was a HGV driver so was away overnight sometimes), then he'd be there, so to answer your question, yes and no.

Never, but he certainly knew what they were, he wouldn't have been able to get out of work. Mum was a SAHM almost all the time so it made sense for one of them to do it and report back once home.

I don't think my dad did parents evenings, he stayed at home and looked after my younger siblings. He went to the options evening when i was in year 9 and to my school concerts.

Both went to primary, neither went to secondary. They'd broken up at that point and I was living with mum, otherwise i think he would have done.

I'm in my mid 50s and yes, my father went to parents' evenings - but there was only one a year.

I think he went once. He was very introverted though and my mum wasn't.

I’m 53. No. That counted as ‘women’s work’, though my mother often didn’t go either — she was frightened of them, and didn’t understand what they were suppose to be for. Plus they both wanted me to leave school at 15, so I think they felt it would have been encouraging me in the wrong direction to pay much attention to my education.

My parents agreed that he'd go to mine and she'd go to my brothers

Then they had twins so she went to theirs

He really hated going as they told him I was 'thick' 'behind' and 'a lost cause who won't amount to much'

Nothing to do with the fact my face didnt fit,I was bullied by both the other children and teachers,had a shitty and neglectful home life and am dyslexic

As soon as I got to secondary school,the bullying stopped,I kept myself to myself so it didnt matter if my face fitted or not and I just tried to get on with things-try hard and do my best

For a very intelligent man,I must have been a massive disappointment

(and they'll never admit to me being dyslexic as they think it doesn't exist-if i heard one more time about 'education standards have slipped into nothing-dyslexia is just an excuse for shitty teachers' i would have screamed-it is very real-i live with it everyday)

My father (born in the 1920s) went to pretty much all of mine (born 1960s) except on rare occasions when he was out of the country. Both my parents had been teachers before coming to the UK to study - and both came from families where education (and intellectual life) was central. So it wouldn’t have occurred to them not to go.

Houseful of books, unlimited leisure time for reading and talking and listening to music, Oxbridge aspirations from primary school age … All that. I guess I was lucky.

I was born in 1955. Both my parents attended.

My kids are now 36 and 38. Their dad and I both attended.

I’m 48 and no, my Dad didn’t go to parents’ eves because he wasn’t home from work in time. He would have liked to have gone I think as he regarded education as very important and would have liked to have spoken directly to our teachers to see how things were going. But he commuted to London from Sussex so usually didn’t get home till 7 or 8pm. I also rarely had a parent at a sports day or school play because my Mum was a Primary teacher so couldn’t usually attend (I know many schools are better nowadays with facilitating teachers going to their own children’s school events).

I'm 35 exactly so apologies if you didn't want me - but my dad was always at parents evening and every other event with my mum. We were lucky enough for my grandparents to be able to come and babysit my brother and I when we were young enough to need it, to allow them both to go. Obviously not everybody would have that option.

Yes because both of my parents were quote a few times asked to attend😂
He did go couple of times by himself as well to argue about random stuff. I don't think it was that he wanted to go for the info itself, he just wanted argument with some of my teachers and mum was not partaking usually

Nope my father never went, he simply wasn’t interested

I can't really remember my mum going to them either and she was very involved in PTAs, school governors etc. She has no real idea about what I've achieved in education. My dad was supportive in other ways (taking me to music rehearsals, concerts etc).

My dad was born in 1941. At primary school he went to parents ' evening with my mum, at secondary he went once, got into a theological/philosophical argument with my RE teacher and didn't go again.

Always went. Remember him putting a tie on to go 🤣 (I'm 40)

Born 1975, my father never went to a single parent event as far as I remember. Always my mum.

I'm 36 in January and my Dad definately did as much as possible (he worked more hours than my Mum) but I don't remember him missing that many

Same with my DH and if he can't make one we usually have him on video call when I meet the teacher

Yes - I imagine op's parents call op's dh "hands on" and were impressed whenever he changed a nappy.

(Like my DM...)

One of my favourite Dad memories is my suddenly saying at breakfast " I had a fight with your Latin teacher last night at Parents Evening" (verbal,not fisticuffs). For context, my Latin teacher was a small man in his 70s, and a bit of a pompous twit, stuck in the past, and my dad is tiny and very mild mannered.

These two, quiet non assuming men had got into s loud argument over the arrangements for Parents Evening. He knew then why I enjoyed Latin but really didn't like my teacher.

I'm late 30's - both my parents went to my parents evenings (one of them may have missed the odd one or two but generally they both went). DC1 has just started school and both DH and I went to parents evening, and we both went to their nursery ones as well.

Mine did. I was at primary from 1989 to 1996. My dad was born in 1956.

I'm 39 and I don't remember my dad (born 53) going but its certainly possible that he did. He was also a parent governor of every school I went to so was quite involved anyway and always took an interest in our education.