Survey: Who clips their nails?
Posted June 15th, 2010 by Katrina Alcorn
Studies show today’s fathers are doing significantly more child care and housework than their fathers did.
Here’s my question: Are these dads just folding more laundry, or are they also taking responsibility for the complicated logistics of family life?
And here’s my other question: Do heterosexual couples divide up chores differently than gay and lesbian couples? A friend of mine, one of two moms raising a child together, suggested to me that straight couples might have something to learn from same-sex couples about egalitarian parenting. Is this true?
So I put together a short survey to find out who does some of the more detail-oriented stuff. It should take about five minutes to complete. I will publish the results in about two weeks or as soon as I have a good number of responses.
How are these responsibilities divided up in your house? Take the survey now.
Cross-posted from Working Moms Break.
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June 19, 2010 at 3:18 am by olive-oil-effectgreat article, keep working
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June 17, 2010 at 9:42 am by sami buisson-danielI tried to donate but it rejected my credit card. I know there is nothing wrong with my credit card. I believe it’s because it’s Master Charge instead of VISA. There is no place to check to which kind of card it is. If this is the problem you may loose lots of possible donations.
Sami
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Katrina Alcorn Reply:
June 17th, 2010 at 1:48 pm
@sami buisson-daniel, Do you mean to tried to donate to momsrising?
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Anita Reply:
June 18th, 2010 at 7:29 pm
@Sami – Thank you for trying to donate! I checked our donation page and it looks like it’s working. I’ll let you know if I get an update from our tech folks. Please try again and if you still run into problems, feel free to contact us using this contact form: http://www.momsrising.org/contactus
Thanks again!
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I went to fill out the survey, but the questions appear to be for a household where both parents work. No one in my household handles communication from daycare, for example, because my child is not in daycare (I stay home with him), but there was no option for that answer. Did you want stay-at-home parents to fill it out, or is it just for working parents?
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Katrina Alcorn Reply:
June 16th, 2010 at 12:18 pm
@Evelyn, Sorry if that wasn’t clear. Yes, the survey is really for parents in households where both parents work. I don’t mean to leave out SAH parents or single parents, but I’m just trying to get at how these responsibilities are divided when both parents work.
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Evelyn Reply:
June 16th, 2010 at 1:19 pm
@Katrina Alcorn, Oh, okay! No problem.
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