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		pwinnski on Nov 28, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Parents now spend twice as much time with their ch... > One analysis of 11 rich countries estimates that the average mother spent 54 minutes a day caring for children in 1965 but 104 minutes in 2012. Men do less than women, but far more than men in the past: their child-caring time has jumped from 16 minutes a day to 59. So that's 70 minutes combined up to 163 combined, or a 133% increase, more than double. The ratio used to be 77/23, and is now 64/36, mothers/fathers.

IncRnd on Nov 28, 2017 [–]

> So that's 70 minutes combined up to 163 combined, or a 133% increase, more than double.

That's only true if parents are never together when they spend time with their children.

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