In the same article (as the last post) it says:
"-- Countries all around the world are showing increased levels of actual engagement by fathers (ie time spent actually doing things with kids). For example, in the US, in the 1960s, fathers did about 25 per cent as much as mothers - by the late 1990s that had risen to between 55 and 70 per cent. In Canada, the increase between 1986 and 1996 was from 50 to 65 per cent. In the UK, according to EOC research, father engagement has risen by eight times in the last 30 years."
Is it just me or does anyone else think those numbers sound to high to be true? I find it hard to believe that fathers in 1960 spent 25% as much time doing things with the kids as mothers. I don't think that sounds realistic. Maybe it depends how they're defining time spent in"engagement" with their children. And I'm wondering how much of that engagement time was spent alone with the kids, maybe they were counting things like family outings-where b0th parents are present. Maybe I'd buy it if they were including family time in those numbers.