Melbourne, May 20 (ANI): Dads not only spend less time with their kids, they don’t even enjoy that time as much as mums do, revealed new research.
Twice as many fathers say they “sometimes or less often” enjoy spending time with their children as do mothers, according to a report by the Australian Institute of Family Studies.
AIFS research fellow and the author of ‘The Best Start: Supporting Happy, Healthy Childhoods’, Jennifer Baxter said that when fathers were asked whether they enjoyed spending time with their children, 28 per cent said they “always or almost always” did, compared with 40 per cent of mothers.
In addition, 21 per cent of dads said they “sometimes or less often” enjoyed time spent with their kids, compared with 11 per cent for mums.
“Dads often have that added pressure of long work hours,” News.com.au quoted her as telling The Australian.
“They”re there in the mornings when time is so rushed and at dinner when there”s so much going on, so that stress of combining work with the hard parts of the family day may be spilling over into their level of enjoyment,” added Baxter.
Baxter said that part of the answer to why dads are less satisfied could be that they are more honest about it than mothers.
“There”s a very strong ethos that mothers must love and care and nurture their children. . . while fathers might be more inclined to admit when things aren”t going well,” she said. (ANI)
Palin quit because she couldn’t take the heat, says Levi Johnston
Washington, July 14 (ANI): The ex-boyfriend of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s daughter, Levi Johnston, has claimed that Palin has decided to resign because she could not take the political heat anymore.
“She’s very smart. But, I just don’t think she can handle the stress level as governor-I don’t think she can handle it as president or vice president,” the Daily News quoted Johnston, as saying.
The 19-year-old high school dropout and former fiancé of Palin’s daughter Bristol, said on the “Today” show that he wouldn’t vote for Palin if she launched a presidential bid.
“If you would have asked that question a while back, I think I would have voted for her. But after what she has done now…I’d do just about anything for her. But I really don’t think I’d vote for her if she ran for president,” Johnston said.
Johnston also said he heard the vanquished GOP vice presidential nominee saying money was a primary motive.
“We had tons of offers coming in from everybody out there and just all kinds of ridiculous things. There’s been talk about it would be nice to just take the money and run,” he said.
Earlier, Palin’s spokeswoman publicly disputed Johnston’s commentary on her reasons for resigning.
“It is interesting to learn Levi is working on a piece of fiction while honing his acting skills,” the spokeswoman said.
On the show, Johnston also recalled his stay at the Palins’ last year, saying Palin would come home “stressed out” in the weeks following the election.
“She wasn’t as outgoing. I just didn’t see the spark in her eyes about, you know, being governor anymore.She was quiet, spending time in her room, he said. “We could tell something was wrong. She was sad, she lost. I mean, who wouldn’t be,” he said. (ANI)