Working Mothers Get Little Help in Kitchen
More than three out of four working mothers who responded to a magazine survey said they alone get dinner on the table for the family when they come home from the job.
Not only do 77% of the women prepare dinner by themselves, 59% set the table and 64% do the after-dinner cleanup without help, Working Mother magazine says in its February issue.
The questions were published in the magazine in April and drew responses from 2,811 women around the country.
When other family members clean up after dinner, it is the husband’s chore in 17% of the homes, the eldest daughter’s in 6% and the eldest son’s in 5%, the women said.
It is more usual to get sporadic rather than regular help from children, the women said. Twenty-seven percent of the women said they got after-dinner help occasionally from their eldest son and another 27% got help from the eldest daughter.
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