ONS polls show impact of home-schooling on parents’ mental health, with women hardest hitWomen carried out significantly more daily childcare duties than men during lockdown, for an average of more than three hours a day compared with just two hours for men, in households with children aged 18 or younger, according to figures released by the Office for National Statistics.The study also found that one in three women with school-aged children said their mental health had been negatively affected as a result of home-schooling, compared with 20% of men, although the ONS said women generally were more likely to report their wellbeing had been affected by the coronavirus outbreak. Continue reading…
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