Did both of your parents work during your childhood?

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Both mine and DH's parents all worked during our childhoods.
We're early 70s babies.

Apparently this is quite uncommon within our circles, as most of them experienced one full time SAHP.

My mother was at home and went back to work when we were all in secondary school (might have been earlier, can’t remember.) She had me and my siblings quite young. My father worked six days a week until 7pm. I was born in the late 60s.

Once we were both at school my mum went back to work. This only happened because she worked as a teacher at our school. We just stayed with her before and after school. I’m not sure what the plan was if she’d not got that particular job. We lived away from family and paid childcare as much more unusual I think. Who looked after you??

My mum was a SAHP and hated it.

I think a lot of mums take a couple of years off, then go back to work.

My mum stopped working until I was about 7.

Then she went back to work.

My parents both worked. Mum went back to work once I started school (I'm the youngest). Born mid 80s. My DH's mum only went back to work once all kids at secondary school so was off work for longer.

Yes. I was born in 1963. My dm had six children. She worked full time in the family business until the last child was born.

Then she was a sahm until last child was 5. Then she worked in a school office until she retired at 61.

Both of my parents were full time workers. DH's mum was a SAHM but his dad died at an early age so she had to find work for herself.

A lot is going to depend on your social class, parents’ educational level, income etc. We were dirt poor, and both my parents worked in unskilled jobs and had a lot of children, so two incomes were absolutely necessary. My mother childminded out of our house, washed up at nights in a restaurant, and when we were slightly older worked in the café of the local Debenhams.

My mum went back to work part time when my younger sister was about 7 or 8. Only 2-3 days a week.

Edited to add, my dad worked in a factory so we weren’t wealthy by any means. Mum worked in a nursery when she returned to work.

Early 1970s and yes, both parents worked.

My mother worked from when I was about four. It was pretty unusual to have a mother working full time when I was a primary. She couldn’t come to school stuff much and I couldn’t ask people round for tea often. I did feel it.

ETA born mid-70s. Parents were white collar but not management and hadn’t gone to university.

Dm was a single dp. She went to work when I started secondary school.. Never saw her.. Couldn't wait to leave home as we had the bare bones of a relationship.. When my teen ds said he hated coming home to an empty house I listened.. Rejuggled my work... Appreciate not everyone can..

I was born in 1985. Dad always worked and often worked away. Mum went back to work as a secretary when I was 6wks old, and I went to a childminder. Mum felt she was missing out on my development, so became a sahm when I was 2.5yrs old. She started doing a cleaning job, in the evenings when I was about eight. Then, when I was ten, she started doing office admin part-time, and increased to full-time a year or two later.

I was born in the late 80s and my parents both worked full time. Mum went back to work when I was 3 months old.

My mum was at home until we were all at school, then worked part time (in 90s)

I grew up in the 80s & 90s but we were pretty unusual in that my parents both worked - mum was part time when we were small but full time once we were secondary aged. I really respect her for maintaining her career. We had a nanny and then later a housekeeper type who came to clean, cook & keep an eye on us after school.

I do remember a school friend being utterly horrified and asking ‘but if your mother works, then who bakes the cakes?!’

Mum grew up in a house with 2 working (in professional jobs) parents so I guess it was just the norm for her.

Can I ask who looked after you if both parents were working??
Breakfast club and after school clubs didn’t exist round us. Early 80’s.

Parents had their own business so they both worked and so did I from the age of 10. I would get collected from school and go to the shop. Weekends my grandma helped my mum in the shop too.

Yes, both worked full time.
Early 70s baby.
I’m not from UK , 2 working parents were a norm. However people usually were not working or working part time/evening in case of child’s health issues but my mum still went back to work regardless of mine and got me a nanny,

I was born in 1983 and both parents worked, albeit my mum worked 4 days a week. It was very unusual when I was at primary school. I think she was one of about 3 mums who worked.

Nanny and then a housekeeper when we were older and didn’t need as much care, just an eye keeping on us.

Born in late 80s. My mum was a SAHP for the first year and a student at uni until I was about 4. Then she worked all the way through. She was a teacher so we had all holidays together and it was wonderful. Dad worked too.

I once told my mum when I was about 7 that when I grew up I was going to be a proper mummy who baked cakes for school events. Not sure she's forgiven me yet.

Born in 1973, my brother in 69. Mum never worked after the age of 21, when she got married. She was formerly a nanny/children's nurse. I think that was quite common back then.

Yes, both my DPs were high-achieving medical professionals who worked FT+. I think nearly all of my school friends' mothers worked - some PT in "little" jobs, some in skilled careers.

ETA I was born '83, but my parents were both war babies.