Is this what working parents spend each day with their children?

New figures from the government suggest that working parents have less than 20 minutes a day to spend on looking after theiri children. The Office For National Statistics surveyed almost 5000 people over the age of 16 to find out just what it is people do all day.

The survey found that working parents spend just 19 minutes a day in the sole care of their children. A further 16 minutes is also spent looking after children, but as that is done in combination with something else – housework, gardening, cooking – it's not quite the same.

The statistics also showed that working women sleep less than any other of the categories of women surveyed!

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