Survey: Parents' Time With Kids More Rewarding Than Paid Work
Based on a new Pew Research Center analysis of government time use data, Wendy Wang writes:
Parents find much more meaning in the time they spend with their children than in the time they spend at work. American parents with children under age 18 find 62% of their child-care experiences “very meaningful,” compared with 36% of paid work-related activities."
These findings are based on an analysis of the new Well-being Module from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS).
The Pew survey found that, when it comes to happiness, time with children also beats time at work. Parents on average report that they are “very happy” in 35% of their child-care activities, compared with 19% of their paid work-related activities.
So much for the notion that a professional career is the sole source of true fulfillment.
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