Baby boomer here. When I was young, jobs were much more divided between men and women. My DM was a SAHM, did all the shopping, cooking, mending, washing, ironing, knitting, cleaning and anything else remotely connected to the house. My DF went to work and brought a salary home. We had a communal garden for our block of flats, we jointly paid a man to keep it tidy. I can't remember my father ever doing anything remotely connected to housework. We lived near my gran, she looked after me occasionally.
I had my DC in the 70s. By the time they were both at school I was working FT, although lots of women were still SAHMs or had part time jobs. DH worked away some of the time, but at other times he was home during the week and only worked the occasional evening, and weekends. We had no family nearby. He did most things relating to children and home when I was at work, and vice versa when he was away. An automatic washing machine, a freezer and less cooking everything from scratch, plus having a car made life easier than in my parents' time.
Now my DC are parents of primary and high schoolers. Both mothers had mat leave, but other than that have worked constantly, mainly FT after they had children. Both dads cook, all parents ferry children about, both families employ cleaners and sometimes pay decorators or for heavy garden work. Work is shared often according to who quite likes it (I prefer cleaning and ironing to cooking) or is good at it. We don't live very close to our children, but we babysit and have the grandchildren to stay when needed.