They often regard
their studies as chores to be fulfilled in order to earn a degree, which is increasingly prerequisite for getting a good place in the professional, social, or business world.
Not exact matches
As for the equal share, my husband spends a little less time with the kids, but he makes more than up for it by doing basically all the household
chores at night while I continue
studying for exams.
I think us westerners need to
study the «underdeveloped» countries» parenting styles (such
as Africa)... mothers go about their daily
chores while wearing baby and (gasp) baby never wears a diaper and is usually «potty trained» (
as we like to call it here) by 9 months.
The
study, led by researchers at the University of British Columbia and Harvard Business School, suggests that using money to buy free time — such
as paying to delegate household
chores like cleaning and cooking — is linked to greater life satisfaction.
Even for readers disciplined enough to fulfill their reading time requirement before heading over to play Candy Crush,
studies have shown that the time spent engaging with the text is seen
as more of a
chore than an experience.
A new
study published in the American Sociological Review reports that when married couples divide household
chores along gendered lines (i.e., with women doing more work inside the home, such
as cleaning and ironing, and men doing more work outside of the home, such
as mowing the lawn and fixing the car), they tend to have more sex [1].
Dr. Frank Furedi, Sociology professor at the University of Canterbury, said the
study made sense
as chore sharing took place more among couples from middle class professional backgrounds, where divorce rates are known to be high.