The given chart illustrates the proportion of time parents from Australia took to help their youngsters with 4 distinct tasks including dressing, homework, playing games, and preparing for bed in 2013. Overall, the percentage of fathers during games and mothers in dressing was the highest, while the opposite was true when both parents engaged together for very little time.
Starting with playing games action, exactly 70% of fathers allocated time to assist their kids, and only 25% was the figure for mothers. Dads who prepared their offspring’s beds occupied half of the total, similar to the number of moms participating in this activity. In contrast, both joined in 2 tasks above were only less than 6%.
Turning next to dressing and homework, it was noticeable from the chart that there were similar trends observed in these two categories. The proportion of duration mothers spent was reported most of the time, each stood at no less than 60%, and fathers were seen to do these tasks only 20% and 30% respectively. The periods having both parents were still limited, all lower than 11%