Since wireless telephony was only in its infancy by the 1980s, and since broad internet usage was realistically decades away, most work took place at a physical location of the office variety. “Chained to the desk” is a relevant description of how things used to be since being away from one’s desk often meant being away from work altogether.
Contrast the above with the present. To vivify the difference then and now, compare a modern school with one from the past. To visit one modernly (at school dropoff, pickup, or events during the day) is to see how the internet, and the smartphones given life by the internet, are some of the most compassionate of modern creations. That’s because they make it possible for fathers to be fathers.
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