The charts illustrate how many hours children of different age groups spent with their parents on weekdays and weekends. Overall, children generally spent more time with their parents on weekends than on weekdays. On weekdays, mothers were the main caregivers, whereas time with fathers was noticeably shorter. However, on weekends, the time shared with both parents together increased substantially, especially for those aged between 2 and 7 years.
From Monday to Friday, the amount of time children spent with their mothers was by far the highest across all age groups, averaging around 5 to 6 hours daily. Among them, the figure peaked at approximately six hours for toddlers aged 2-3. On Saturday and Sunday, however, engagement was shortened by roughly a half, averaging at around 3 hours.
This trend dwarfed the figures for fathers, which fluctuated between 30 minutes and just over two hours per day. Apart from the 2-3 age group, which remained stable, all others recorded a marked reduction. Only children aged 4-5 spent more than two hours with their dads during weekdays, while the youngest and oldest groups (0-1 and 8-9) saw a sharp drop from about 120 minutes to merely half an hour.
The time devoted to both parents on weekdays remained low and relatively stable, hovering around 1.5 hours across all groups. On weekends, however, this category witnessed a dramatic rise, with interaction more than tripling to reach about 5 to 6 hours.