Parents spend an average of 30.4 hours per week on scheduling and planning for their children and … [+] family.
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The mental load of parenting—the unseen labor involved in managing a household with children, from planning to scheduling and overseeing daily activities—has long been recognized as a significant time investment for parents. A new study has quantified this invisible work, revealing that if U.S. parents were compensated for their mental load, it would equate to a staggering $3.8 trillion in economic value.
Conducted in collaboration between Harris polls and Skylight, a company specializing in family-sharing products, the survey asked 2,000 parents about the hours they spent on different mental load activities. The findings revealed that the average parent invests about 32 hours weekly in this unseen labor. If these parents were to be compensated for their…
