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Family type and parents’ time with children - Coggle Diagram
Family type and parents’ time with children
parents' time
why vital for children's development?
child behaviour
cognitive skill development
school grades
time spent alson benefit for parents
increased happiness
decreased sadness, stress
In industrialized countries
married fathers,mothers
spend more time today than in the past
Family type and parental time-use
1.Kalenkoski, Ribar and Stratton (2005) found that for the United Kingdom
single custodial parents spent more time than married and cohabiting parents
3 studies based on the American Time Use Survey showed
single mothers spent significantly less time
2.For United States fathers,
single custodial fathers spent more time with their children than married fathers did
Selection into family types
Some people choose parenthood without choosing a relationship
Others choose relationships without choosing parenthood
The low-income women interviewed by Edin and Kefalas judged children to be a necessity’.