Why Canadian dads are more involved in raising their kids than American fathers
- Written by: Kevin Shafer, Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of Canadian Studies, Brigham Young University
A third of American fathers work 50 or more hours a week, compared with less than 10% of Canadian fathers. Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post via Getty ImagesThirty-five years ago, Canadian and American dads were doing a similar amount of child rearing, relative to mothers. Surveys from the mid 1980s showed that Canadian men spent 38% of the time...
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