The bar chart compares the percentage of Australian mothers and fathers who spent time helping their children with four different activities in 2013.
Overall, mothers were considerably more involved than fathers in all activities, particularly in dressing and homework. Fathers showed relatively more engagement in playing games, while joint participation between parents remained low across all activities.
Looking at the details, around 75% of mothers helped their children with dressing, compared to just 2% of fathers. A similar trend can be seen in homework, where half of the mothers participated, while only 10% of fathers did. In both activities, joint involvement by parents was minimal—6% for dressing and 38% for homework.
In terms of playing games, mothers again took the lead with 70%, but fathers also showed slightly more engagement here (about 5%) compared to other tasks. Interestingly, the highest joint involvement was observed in this category, with 56% of parents playing together with their children.
When it came to preparing children for bed, 50% of mothers were involved, whereas only 10% of fathers did so. Only 11% of parents carried out this task together.