The bar chart compares and contrasts data on the differences in the percentage of time that Australian parents helped their children with four activities: dressing, homework, playing games, and preparing for bed in 2013.
A closer look at the diagram highlights the fact that the amount of time that children were helped by mothers is significantly higher than that by fathers in dressing and homework, whereas fathers spent most of their time preparing for bed and playing games with children.
To be more precise, for dressing and homework, around three-quarters and one-half of the helping time was done by mothers, while the percentage of time fathers devoted to their children is dramatically smaller, about 20% and 30%.
When it comes to playing games, fathers spent 70% of their time to help children, about 3 times more than the 23% that mothers devoted to assisting their child. In addition, the percentage of fathers preparing for bed for children was around 50%. Mothers, on the other hand, only spent about 47% of their time to help children.
It is clear to see that, both fathers and mothers in Australia spent the least amount of their time looking after their children in all activities. Only about 10% of parents supported their children doing homework and playing games, followed by 5% dressing and preparing for bed.