Thread about my mom and dad. My mother went to work for the first time ever in her life as a music teacher for kindergarten kids about 10 years back, at the age of 50. A BA lit student she got married right out of grad school. Never worked professionally We grew up in a joint family and she never considered going to work for the longest time. When she finally decided to go for it she was very apprehensive about how it would be. She was also very anxious that she had no big degree or qualifications.