Have you ever gotten home after the school run, breathed a massive sigh of relief and felt like a whole day’s work had already been done?
Have you ever gotten home after the school run, breathed a massive sigh of relief and felt like a whole day’s work had already been done?
You wouldn’t be far wrong! A recent survey by Kellogs has revealed that getting your kids ready for school in the mornings is actually the equivalent of a day’s work.
The survey, taken by Kellogg's, found that the biggest challenge facing parents in the morning is getting their children ready for school.
Parents surveyed said that they have little-to-no time to get themselves ready, and sometimes go without eating breakfast because all of their energy is focused on their kids.
The research found that over a week, we spend the equivalent of a full day’s paid work getting our kids ready and off to school. So if you ever feel like you’ve worked an extra day by the time you get to Friday, it’s because you have!
All that nagging to eat breakfast, pestering to brush teeth and then taking over to put their coats on because you ARE GOING TO BE LATE, all adds up.
Parents have been saying it for years! Parenting is the hardest (albeit rewarding) job in the world. And now we have a study to prove it.
Research from a study on 200 of them, concludes that all the extra things we do every single morning to get our kids washed, dressed, and out the door is equivalent to a day’s work at a paying job.
For example, by the end of the school year, parents will ask their kids to hurry up almost 540 times.
The actual total number of average tasks a parent does each morning is 43.
The survey also made mention of the annoying fact that kids will often spill something on their uniform while getting ready for the day. Always toothpaste in this house. Every. Single. Time.
The researchers also found that in order to keep on top of all these tasks, which takes us about an hour or two every day, the average school parent is awake by 6 am.