“Both my parents worked through the 60’s and 70’s (we were not rich).”
Sure, but this wasn’t the norm, nor were people shamed for having a single-working-parent family (zOMFeministG-d, how can you throw away a career!?!?). Also, working hours and commuting times were shorter on average then vs today.
The ideal situation would be for average per-capita working hours today to approximate those of the 60s.