Article: Fed: Fathers spend just over a minute a day alone with kids

Article: Fed: Fathers spend just over a minute a day alone with kids
AAP General News (Australia);  October 20, 2008 ;     269 words ...Fed: Fathers spend just over a minute a day alone with...today reveals. Overall, Australian fathers spend an average of just under an hour...International Perspective, that Australian fathers spend longer with their children at weekends...

Article: A father must consider his role in a child's life.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  April 14, 1997 ;     700+ words ......in the past 30 years. According to Time magazine, the time fathers spend with their children increased by a third between the '60s...sample of the work that remains. Again according to Time, fathers spend only about two-fifths as much time with their children as...

Article: Letter: Appointment to see Dad
The Independent - London;  February 10, 1997 ;     73 words ...Sir: Sarah Jackson of Parents at Work (letter, 6 February) tells us that "more than 50 per cent of working fathers spend less than five minutes a day with their child, `one-to-one'." How do people manage to produce statistics like these? With four...

Article: Studies in the area of marriage and family reported from Pennsylvania State University.
Health & Medicine Week;  December 15, 2008 ;     270 words ......Survey 2003 - 2006 (N = 16,654), we compare the time single fathers spend on child care to other parent types, paying special attention...care arrangements. Accounting for these differences, single fathers spend slightly less time caring for children than do mothers, but...

Article: De-Feminizing the Stroller.(Brief Article)
The Futurist;  March 1, 2000 ;     87 words ...As modern fathers spend more time with their children, manufacturers may increasingly, design strollers and baby furniture with dads in mind. Fresh from...

Article: Time - the best father's day gift you can give; Quality, not quantity is what matters, says Cate Wilson, offering tips on ways that busy dads can stay close to their children.(National)
The Birmingham Post (England);  June 19, 1999 ;     700+ words ......and insecure about their role in the family. In fact, some fathers spend as little as 15 minutes a day with their children because...half an hour a day with their youngsters. And in America, fathers spend an average of two and a half hours a day with their children...

Article: How much time do kids spend with Dad?
USA Today;  August 1, 2000 ;     586 words ......proportion had jumped to 43%. According to the new study, fathers spend about 65% as much time with children as mothers do on weekdays...fathers varies considerably with the child's age and sex. Fathers spend more time with younger kids than with older ones, and, on...

Article: THE SURGEON'S VIEW.(Features)
Sunday Mirror (London, England);  June 15, 1997 ;     139 words ......should have surgery. He has carried out several operations, and says: There are no easy answers and a lot of mothers and fathers spend days and weeks agonising about it. According to Dr Viel the main advantages for children are emotional. Children desperately...

Article: Special day for dads and kids
Plymouth Evening Herald, The;  June 15, 2007 ;     94 words ......If they head down to the city centre, dads will find plenty to do with their kids. A new scheme is being launched to help fathers spend more time with their children. To celebrate, a number of activities, including a climbing wall, will be on offer at Sunday...

Article: On the Pulse
The Washington Post;  February 10, 1987 ;     97 words ......American Family Physician reports that working mothers spend an average of 16 minutes a day with their children, while working fathers spend 10. The data was collected by the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research . . . Georgetown University Medical...

Article: Dads find ways to work around long hours.
The Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney, Australia);  January 31, 2008 ;     95 words ......2008 (LexisNexis ABIX delivered by Newstex) -- An Australian study has found that long working hours are not the reason fathers spend little time with their children. Research by the Australian Institute of Family Studies shows that fathers' working hours...

Article: Improve local transit.(OPINION)
The Record (Kitchener, Ontario);  June 20, 2009 ;     121 words ......back and forth on his two crutches, leaning against a hydro pole. No timetable (bus schedule) and no bench. Before our city fathers spend millions of dollars on rapid-transit rail, and others encourage them to do so, they should invite themselves to use the much-recommend...

Article: Personal Finance: Father's worth: Nationwide say he's good for pounds 500 a month.(Features)
The Birmingham Post (England);  June 14, 2003 ;     268 words ......dads save their families about pounds 500 a month thanks to the work they do for free. Its poll found that nearly a third of fathers spend more than eight hours a week carrying out a range of chores such as DIY, gardening, working on the family car, maintaining...

Article: Pressures that force fathers to work longer hours.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  December 17, 2002 ;     273 words ...Byline: DAILY MAIL REPORTER FATHERS spend more time at the office than their childless colleagues, a study has found. The pressure of juggling family and work responsibilities...