A bunch of dads are about to find out what a mom goes through every day.
A group in Australia has started a new challenge called Tough Mother that asks dads to complete 30 obstacles, all of which are things mothers do every day, like changing bed linens, spending Saturdays running errands and teaching their children a new skill or sport, for 48 hours.
For just one weekend this year, swap golf, footy and hardware for housework, home detention and the unpredictable universe of domestic bliss, Tough Mothers website says. "And in the process discover the relationship and parenting positives that come with understanding a job that needs to be fully experienced to be fully understood. Think you're up for it?
The campaign aims to provide couples with an understanding that both parents' roles are important for children.
Think this is an easy challenge? Here are what a few dads had to say about it.
The role of a mother isnt an easy one by any means. In fact, a report from Salary.com surveyed more than 15,000 mothers to find how much mothers would earn if they were paid for all the tasks they complete in a week.
The report found that the job of being a stay-at-home mom would make an annual salary of $118,905, whereas working mothers would earn $70,107 a year since they spend less time at home completing the daily tasks that stay-at-home moms complete.
The report came to this conclusion by taking the weekly tasks of a mother like doing laundry, cooking and talking to their children and breaking them down by the real-world equivalent pay like laundry operators, cooks and psychologists.
These salaries show that a mothers daily work is no joke and is almost immeasurable.
Moms. We love them and for good reason, the report said. After all, they brought us into the world, raised us, taught us right from wrong and supported us in just about everything weve ever done. Biological? Adopted? It doesnt matter. We owe our mothers everything.
But as the Tough Mother challenge suggests, both parents working together is essential to raising a child. And what matters most for children is the quality of time, not the specific amount of time, they spend with their parents.
A study from the Journal of Marriage and Family published in March found that children have more academic success, positive emotional well-being and better behavior when they spend quality time with a parent, The Washington Post reported.
I could literally show you 20 charts, and 19 of them would show no relationship between the amount of parents time and childrens outcomes. Nada. Zippo, Melissa Milkie, one of the studys authors, told The Washington Post.
This fits in with a long line of research that shows quality time trumps quantity in parenting, The Washington Post reported. Warmth, affection and unconditional love help children grow more than time spent ever could.
In an ideal world, this study would alleviate parents guilt about the amount of time they spend, Milkie told The Washington Post, and show instead whats really important for kids.
A group in Australia has started a new challenge called Tough Mother that asks dads to complete 30 obstacles, all of which are things mothers do every day, like changing bed linens, spending Saturdays running errands and teaching their children a new skill or sport, for 48 hours.
For just one weekend this year, swap golf, footy and hardware for housework, home detention and the unpredictable universe of domestic bliss, Tough Mothers website says. "And in the process discover the relationship and parenting positives that come with understanding a job that needs to be fully experienced to be fully understood. Think you're up for it?
The campaign aims to provide couples with an understanding that both parents' roles are important for children.
Think this is an easy challenge? Here are what a few dads had to say about it.
The role of a mother isnt an easy one by any means. In fact, a report from Salary.com surveyed more than 15,000 mothers to find how much mothers would earn if they were paid for all the tasks they complete in a week.
The report found that the job of being a stay-at-home mom would make an annual salary of $118,905, whereas working mothers would earn $70,107 a year since they spend less time at home completing the daily tasks that stay-at-home moms complete.
The report came to this conclusion by taking the weekly tasks of a mother like doing laundry, cooking and talking to their children and breaking them down by the real-world equivalent pay like laundry operators, cooks and psychologists.
These salaries show that a mothers daily work is no joke and is almost immeasurable.
Moms. We love them and for good reason, the report said. After all, they brought us into the world, raised us, taught us right from wrong and supported us in just about everything weve ever done. Biological? Adopted? It doesnt matter. We owe our mothers everything.
But as the Tough Mother challenge suggests, both parents working together is essential to raising a child. And what matters most for children is the quality of time, not the specific amount of time, they spend with their parents.
A study from the Journal of Marriage and Family published in March found that children have more academic success, positive emotional well-being and better behavior when they spend quality time with a parent, The Washington Post reported.
I could literally show you 20 charts, and 19 of them would show no relationship between the amount of parents time and childrens outcomes. Nada. Zippo, Melissa Milkie, one of the studys authors, told The Washington Post.
This fits in with a long line of research that shows quality time trumps quantity in parenting, The Washington Post reported. Warmth, affection and unconditional love help children grow more than time spent ever could.
In an ideal world, this study would alleviate parents guilt about the amount of time they spend, Milkie told The Washington Post, and show instead whats really important for kids.