The given illustration indicates how much time Moms, Dads and both spend on child-rearing across differerent age cohorts during weekdays and weekends.
Overall, Moms are responsible for childcare in more hours than Dads thoughout childhood. Additionally, while children’s time with both parents increases on the weekends, playtime with Dad alone of 4-5 age group outnumbered that for other age brackets.
Regarding weekdays, just over nine hours are allocated with parents, with the largest share belongs to Moms (5-6 hours). A reverse pattern can be witnessed in the figures for Dads and both, which includes two or less than two hours (except for 4-5 age group).
During weekends, children have more playtime with Moms and Dads, reaching a peak of ten hours in the 4-5 age cohort, an hour more compared to normal days of the week. Playtime with both moms and dads is extended substantially, reducing alone time with each considerably. Specifically, Mom’s time allocation havles while the figures for father alone remains minimal at sub-1 hour (except for 4-5 age bracket).