Not shooting you Jeanne I more or less agree.
Difficulty was always with mens wages being so low post war that women
had to work (at a pittance compared to men!) to keep a roof over heads and food on the table, though a lot did part-time so they were there for children coming out of school.
My mum was divorced so we were pretty much brought up by my gran as mum worked full-time as a nurse from I was about 7. I didn't miss out on mum not being there because my gran was a great substitute. She never locked her doors until after the war .......... the war changed a lot of things for the worse!
I think it's a combination of factors, working mums being just one of them, loss of community/family childcare due to wholesale rebuilding of areas in cities in the 60/70's, families split over the country for work etc., less involvement with neighbours and much less community spirit. There's a sort of selfishness or greed crept in post 80's which has added to that, to produce the society we have today.
I would not like to be raising a family nowadays that's for sure!
