28/05/2026
And ain't that a beautiful thing.
"A new study finds college-educated fathers are working significantly shorter hours than before the Covid-19 pandemic, and are spending more time with their families.
Fathers with degrees and young children slashed their time on the job by six hours a week and increased their time spent on housework and child care by more than four hours a week, according to analysis of federal time-use data from the think tank American Institute for Boys and Men.
That marks a significant shift from the two decades leading up to the pandemic, when the amount of time fathers spent on child care and household chores barely budged even as more mothers of young children joined the labor force...
Yet employment numbers have remained stable for fathers, which researchers say is evidence that personal choices are the big factor driving fathers to spend more time at home.
'Instead of spending those extra few hours trying to get ahead at work, trying to meet a project deadline, those hours are being spent on family now,' said Ariel Binder, an economist and the new study’s author.
Women’s workplace gains are likely playing an equal role, along with personal preferences, in driving men to spend more time on housework, said Misty Heggeness, an economist at the University of Kansas."
Even with these changes, however, the study's authors observe, "mothers of young kids still spend nearly 15 hours more a week than men doing unpaid work like cooking, cleaning and child care at home."
Read more on The Wall Street Journal at https://on.wsj.com/4nJLZpw
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For a few of our favorite children's books celebrating dads and daughters, we recommend "Lola Loves Stories" for ages 3 to 5 (https://www.amightygirl.com/lola-loves-stories), "You Made Me A Dad" for ages 3 to 8 (https://www.amightygirl.com/you-made-me-a-dad), "Dad By My Side" for ages 3 to 7 (https://www.amightygirl.com/dad-by-my-side), and "Made For Me" for ages 4 to 8 (https://www.amightygirl.com/made-for-me)
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