Sentences with word «housework»

Back in 2003, a nationwide survey of more than 3,500 kids and their parents found that school - aged children who do housework with their fathers were more likely to get along with their peers and have more friends.

your either doing a lot of housework on your knees or you have mice in your closet.....

If you're familiar with the storyline of The Karate Kid, then you undoubtedly remember that the mentoring - style of sensei Mr. Miyagi (who was also mourning the loss of his wife) had more to do with housework than with the martial arts.

Although mothers are spending less proportionate time on housework based on responsibilities fathers have taken on, they still spend more time than fathers on childcare.

Adult children do more housework in one - parent than in two - parent households, and do increasing amounts with age.

Further, men who are the product of a dual income childhood are more likely to participate in housework as an adult.

(W) omen are more likely to report that they are sexually satisfied when they report that they share housework with their husbands.

In her unrelenting fastidiousness, Snow White reeks of self - portraiture (armchair Freuds might speculate on Snow White's other qualities, such as her being so perfect as to drive the competition mad, as they apply to Disney, already an Ozymandian figure armed with multiple Academy awards by the time of production), and it's because of this that her predilection for housework doesn't feel like the typical chauvinism abundant in the Disney canon.

A nanny will likely cost your family more, but your child will be watched in your home, will make the mornings less hectic for you, and a nanny may take care of light housework and laundry.

Londa Schiebinger, the study's chief author, writes that women scientists do nearly twice the amount of housework as their male counterparts: 54 % for women compared with 28 % for men.

«Forget about housework for the first couple of months,» says Alison Mackonochie, author of 100 Tips for a Happy Baby (Barron's).

Our kids don't have quite the same priorities we do, and they're not exactly proactive about getting housework done.

It also broke my heart to discover that marketing is like housework in that it never ends.

And you know that means that there's not much housework getting done!

During these periods, a daily brushing helps prevent mats from forming and makes housework more manageable.

Married women perform much less housework today than in 1965 (14.2 hours vs. 30.4), but the amount hasn't changed much since the mid-90s (14.2 hours vs. 15.8).

Many advise letting housework go, but this can be demoralizing.

In new research published this month in Socius, my colleagues Amanda Miller, Sharon Sassler, and I find a significant increase in the proportion of low - to moderate - income parents sharing routine housework tasks between 1992 and 2006.

On the other hand it looks like a small thing when a maid cooks and cleans and does other housework.

makes housework easier too!

These findings suggest that eliminating the gender gap entirely would cause women to become 18 percentage points more likely to work full - time in the labour market and even out the time spent on housework by reducing it (mostly for women) by as much as seven hours per week.

The other hour was taken up trying to get him to sleep - he slept in 15 - 20 minute chunks in the early weeks - or trying to eat something ourselves or maybe get something else done as our very helpful in - laws were on hand to keep up with housework so we didn't end up on «Hoarders.»

Gary Chapman, author of «Things I Wish I'd Known Before We Got Married» outlines a great exercise useful for both premarital couples and those experiencing strife over housework after getting married.

In earlier decades, couples who shared housework equally reported lower levels of marital and sexual satisfaction, and less frequent sex, than couples who adhered to a more «conventional» division of labor.

Your duties may include housework as well.

This could be anything from housework to watching television, or taking time off in the middle of the day to meet friends for lunch.

Findings from a study in Springer's journal Sex Roles demonstrate the persistent gendered nature of how housework is divided, says lead author Rebecca Horne of the University of Alberta in Canada.

These people only tend to do housework when necessary but put even more effort in when visitors are coming.

Mission Viejo, CA About Blog Mental health advocate, wife, mother, sister and daughter neglects housework as she blogs, connects using social media, and lives with bipolar disorder.

It reports that women are «more likely than white men to report doing more office housework than their colleagues» while they «have less access to glamour work than white men do.»

• Results - driven and energized Homemaker seeking a position with Comfort Keepers providing the benefit of a friendly nature and the ability to handle housework such as housekeeping and laundry efficiently.

Yavorsky noted that couples successfully shared nonchild - related housework before they became parents, but only men significantly dropped the number of hours they spent doing this post-childbirth.

She can not perform housework or garden to the same extent.

Does your partner do 50 % of the «stressful evening housework»?

According to a new study published in the BMC Public Health journal, most people overestimate the amount of calories they're burning during housework.

Laundry: This might sound silly, but you will find that babies love laundry, and can be a fun way to bond while finishing housework.

I AM working full time and still find it difficult to justify paying someone else to do my cleaning so I continue to flog myself with housework after the paid - working week is done.

It is therefore not surprising that couples with more egalitarian divisions of routine housework report being more satisfied with sexual intimacy today than they did 20 years ago.

I encourage you to call on all favours for cleaning and cooking from those around you, don't worry about housework if it's not necessary (because really, if your carpet isn't vacuumed for a month, it will still clean up when it is next done!)

[47] The evidence of the physicians does therefore provide some evidentiary basis for the recommendations for assistance with heavy housework, and yard maintenance.

It transitioned easily between housework, errands, walking around Fremont, and an evening out.

Finally, and perhaps most importantly, although frequency of sex was higher among those who engaged in gendered housework, we do not know if that translated to higher levels of sexual satisfaction.

Because in addition to housework responsibility, they all share one other very important thing with their partners: bills.

Work hours and raising children (for men only) come into play among 32 - year olds, reducing housework involvement.

But what if one partner enjoys housework more than the other?

St Davids About Blog The balance of life as an artist and writer living and working in Wales: or, how to ignore housework.

The study shows that highly productive faculty members, both male and female, employ others to help with core housework at a higher rate than others — but women do it much more often than men.