Fixing broken bikes and toys and making dens are considered dads’ jobs – while deciding what the children should wear, shopping for clothes and baking cakes are mums’ main responsibilities, it has been revealed. A study of 2,000 parents revealed the main roles of mum and dad in the average British household and showed dad’s [...]
‘Do you think I’m made of money?’, ‘When I was your age’ and ‘He’s thick as two short planks’, have been hailed as dad’s best-loved phrases. A poll of 2,000 adults uncovered the most common, sarcastic or funny sayings that our fathers come out with on a daily basis – with the top two both [...]
Modern men rely on their dads to carry out basic jobs on the house and car, it has been revealed. The findings emerged in a study of 2,000 people, and show that men aged 18 to 30 struggle with relatively simple tasks, such as changing spark plugs, laying carpet or jump starting the car whilst [...]
Parents fall ill twice as much as anyone else, new research has revealed. Bugs picked up at nursery and in the playground mean that those with young children suffer from more colds and viruses than those without and the average parent gets a cold an additional four times a year compared to someone without children. [...]
Competitive parents will splash out a whopping £4,858.56 on their child’s birthday parties by the time they reach 18, it was revealed yesterday. The findings emerged in the Holiday Inn study of 2,000 parents and shows that in a bid to out-do others, most fork out £269.92 a year on parties. Almost half of parents [...]
Modern dads are more ‘hands-on’ than previous generations ever were, a survey revealed yesterday. Researchers found millions of working fathers return home from gruelling day shifts and immediately take over cooking the tea or feeding and bathing the children. A third of fathers now regularly get up in the middle of the night to comfort, [...]
