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

My ddad did go along, I'm pretty sure my mum and dad went together. I'm 52.

My Dad (born 1926) went to parents' evenings...oh boy did he...
I was top of the class in more or less everything so it should really have been a case of "Yes, she's doing very well Mr & Mrs X, no problems, goodbye" but he managed to have at least one argument every time. I used to dread it. Of course it was in the days before children were expected to go too so I had no chance to intervene and just had to sit at home waiting to find out whose teaching he'd criticised or who he'd told what I really thought of them this year. I think it was just a game to him and with the benefit of hindsight some of the stuff he said was both totally justified and rather witty but at the time I didn't see it that way! I've always made a point of being very polite to my DC's teachers even if I did have anything negative to say so that their parents' evenings weren't so traumatic.

No mine didn't. Apparently I said I didn't want him to go but I don't remember ever saying that. He didn't show much interest in school stuff so I probably thought he'd be bored. Plus he was an older dad so I was likely embarrassed that he was nearly twice the age of all the other dads. Looking back I wonder if the teachers thought my mum was a single parent! It was just normal for me that only my mum would go.

My Dad did attend all my parents evenings. He was born in 1931

My late dad (born 1931, I'm 51) did and most memorably insisted on talking to my French teacher in French which I found pretty embarrassing at the time!

My dad was born in 1952. I don’t think he went to any of my parents evenings but went to school plays, orchestra concerts and sports things. I think he went to parents evening for my sister a few times because she was a bit more challenging (mine were all the same, she’s lovely, chatty, tries hard and will probably scrape a C).

Yes. But he was a (my) single parent.

Yes if he was in the country, and he was a school governor at my primary school. Also spent ages and ages and ages trying to help me with my maths. But I was at school 1994-2008 so on the younger side of your requested pool of responders.

I am 45 and my dad went to all of my parents evenings.

And my parents were not together.

Dad definitely went to secondary ones especially the ones deemed more important by him ( the last 4 I think!) to make sure I was on track for gcse and a levels for getting to uni - but I really don’t remember him going to primary school ones

I don't remember my dad going, but I'm pretty sure mum always went before he was home from work. By the time he got in it wasn't long til my little brother would be going to bed so no chance for them to both go - I don't remember ever having a babysitter at home.

Nope! Mine definitely didn’t attend any. Not sure he came to any open days for secondary either. It did have its benefits though as no one knew who the hell he was so I was able to sign my own detention slips with a signature I’d made up for him. It didn’t matter that it was completely different to the original as I knew he’d never sign any official paperwork anyway

Im 38. My dad always went but I suspect that was because my mum couldn't drive!

No I don’t remember my dad going just my mum did. But he certainly knew what they were were and I was in school from 1984 to 1997. So i would say not unusual that your dad didn’t go but weird that he hadnt heard of them. Dads are generally a lot more involved in this stuff now.

I’m nearly 50 and my dad was in his 50s when we were born, he attended all parent teacher meetings.

When your dad was born my dad was already 15……..really don’t think this is an age thing.

I don’t remember parents evening being a ‘thing’ in primary school. There were some in secondary school and my Dad attended, it was his old school and some of his old teachers were still there. They reminisced about the time he set the science lab on fire.

I was in school from 1984 to 1996.

My dad (1949) did go. Not to all (my mum did though!) but to a lot. Also was far from the only dad there.

I’m certain my father never went to a single parents event for me, whether he did for my brother I don’t know for certain. I imagine he probably went to a few of my brothers school events like fathers cricket matches etc but I doubt he went to that many of those even as he worked overseas and was often in far flung places for months at a time. My mother came to a few things at my school by herself but it wasn’t a high priority for her. We didn’t have parents evenings really though, I think the school just telephoned periodically to let my mum know how I was getting on.

For our children’s parents evenings, my husband and I will just decide who is going based on availability that day. For example I’m going this week to our eldests as it’s during the day and I can take time off work more easily. But DH has been to them before if needed, although I would be more likely to go generally - we don’t feel both of us need to go as the one who goes just reports back to the other one.

My dad born in late 1940s went to all my parents evenings together with my mum.

My dad was gone before I was born. My GF went to a few though.

My dad (born 1936) came to all of my parents evenings, apart from a period when he was working away. Both my parents left school at 15 and had parents who weren't supportive of education - they were very determined to be different with their children.

I can’t remember either of them going but they must have as my mum was a lecturer and she was very pushy education wise.

No only my Mother went to parents evening, my Father was not interested. After a couple of years of going to the secondary school ones my DM decided there wasn’t much point in going to anymore.

Dad went to all the secondary ones.He didn't go the primary ones because they took place during the school day - 'Open Days' - when he would have been at work. This was during the '60's and '70's.

Absolutely. He was very progressive and did everything from parents evenings to baby bottles and bath times. (I had a brother 10 years younger). He also had a very successful career. (And a wife to fill the gaps - but of course...lol).