Dad’s world with Jonathan deBurca Butler

AN interesting report recently landed on my desk about how much time modern fathers spend with their children. Well OK, it was a piece that I saw online while having some Maccheroni fired at me by a one-foot human but you get the drift, and in the end research is research.

According to the report/study, commissioned by Cheestrings & Yollies, pater modernus spends an average of six-and-a-half hours a week playing with his children. That, they say, is far more than previous generations – although it should be noted that they don’t mention any studies relating to those previous generations.

Modern dad, that’s me, spends 338 hours a year or just over 14 days with the fruit of their loins, three whole days more fun time than their own fathers spent with them – again where that comes from isn’t mentioned. But, hang your heads in shame ‘80s daddies, we are told that you neglected us.