The Adventures of SuperDad

THE AUVENTURES OF UPERIAD BATTLES THROUGH LIFE, DESPITE GETTING ONLY 7.5 HOURS OF FREE TIME EACH WEEK! (1 LESS THAN LAST YEAR) SPENDS £165 A WEEK ON HIS CHILDREN! SPENDS 99,117 HOURS OF HIS LIFE AT WORK! ONLY GETS 3 HOURS OF QUALITY TIME WITH THEIR PARTNER EACH DAY! DOES NEARLY £24,000 WORTH OF HOUSE WORK EVERY YEAR! DOES 53 HOURS OF HOUSEWORK EVERY WEEK - THAT'S OVER THIRTY HOURS MORE THAN HIS PARTNER THINKS HE DOES! 53 HOURS! NO WAY! BREAKDOWN OF A DAD'S WORTH ACROSS THE UK SCOTLAND £22,962 NORTH £33,925 NORTHERN IRELAND £25,555 NORTH EAST £22,465 NORTH WEST £25,555 EAST MIDLANDS £22,364 WEST MIDLANDS £25,555 EAST ANGLIA £21,906 WALES £27,344 LONDON £27,038 SOLITH WEST £25,555 SOLITH EAST £25,198 DADS IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND DO MORE AROUND THE HOME THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTRY, PUTTING FATHERS IN THE SOUTH WEST TO SHAME. WELSH DADS COME IN SECOND, WHILE THEIR BRETHREN IN THE CAPITAL ROCK UP IN A CLOSE THIRD. HOURS OF HOUSEWORK DONE PER WEEK: 100 90 70 60 30 20 10 1999 2001 2004 2005 2009 2011 2013 DADS ARE DOING MORE HOUSEWORK THAN EVER BEFORE - WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED IN 2005-2009, BUT THOSE FOUR YEARS SAW A SHARP UPWARDS INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF HOURS DADS SPEND AT HOME DOING THE HOUSEWORK. WHAT ARE THEY DOING WITH THEIR TIME? SPLIT OF HOUSEWORK HOURS: COOKING /PREPARING MEALS GHRS OTHER HOUSEHOLD TASKS 2.5HRS WASHING /IRONING CLOTHES 3HRS SPENDING TIME WITH KIDS 24HRS TIDYING UP 4HRS SHOPPING (INSTORE + ONLINE) 3.5HRS- GARDEN WORK 1HR CLEANING/ WASHING UP /DISHWASHER 3HRS VACUUMING DRIVING TO ACTIVITIES 3HRS 2.5HRS 186,000 SINGLE PARENTS ARE FATHERS MORE THAN ALMOST 1 IN 3 STAY AT HOME 50% OF DADS TAKE PATERNITY LEAVE - OF (THAT'S ABOUT 8%) FATHERS FIND LOOKING AFTER CHILDREN MORE REWARDING THAN WORK THOSE WHO 12% OF SINGLE DID NOT, FATHERS ARE WIDOWED COMPARED TO 5% OF FATHERS HAVE ONLY BEEN ABLE TO TAKE 88% WOULD HAVE LIKED SINGLE MOTHERS TO BUT FELT PATERNITY LEAVE SINCE 2003! THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO 75% OF SINGLE FATHERS SAY THAT THEY FEEL LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO SPEND TIME WITH THEIR CHILDREN ALMOST HALF OF DADS WOULD RATHER PLAY WITH THE KIDS THAN PARTAKE IN THEIR OWN HOBBIES 70% OF DADS WOULD LIKE TO DEVOTE MORE TIME TO THEIR CHILDREN TM MoneySupermarket com HOURS OF HOUSEWORK