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The time parents spend with their children increased over a 25-year period, research suggests.
Mothers spent the most quality time with children, clocking up between 51 to 86 minutes a day in 2000, compared to eight to 21 minutes in 1975. The study from the University of Oxford suggests that more parents are reading to their sons and daughters, as well as visiting child-friendly attractions.
The figures showed fathers also spent more time with their children than their fathers did. Fathers cared for their children for 32 to 36 minutes a day in 2000, compared to between three to eight minutes in 1975.
Dr Oriel Sullivan, a sociologist from the university, believes the changes could be down to men taking a bigger role in the home.
The research also showed a shift in the amount of time couples spent on household chores, with more men tackling the cleaning and laundry over the 25-year period studied. On average men spent between 44 and 100 minutes a day on housework in 1975, but this rose to around 100 minutes in 2000. Mothers spent between two hours to 151 minutes a day on household chores in 2000 and this rose to between 166 to 191 minutes 25 years later.
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