Today, mothers spend nearly five hours a week on that, compared with 1 hour 45 minutes hours in 1975 — and they worry it’s not enough. While fathers have recently increased their time spent with children, mothers still spend significantly more. Rich parents have more to spend, but the share of income that poor parents spend on their children has also grown. Parents, particularly mothers, feel stress, exhaustion and guilt at the demands of parenting this way, especially while holding a job. American time use diaries show that the time women spend parenting comes at the expense of sleep, time alone with their partners and friends, leisure time and housework.

Source: bd News24 December 26, 2018 08:15 UTC