TheBump.com & ForbesWoman.com Co-Parenting Survey Reveals Nearly 1 in 5 Working & Stay-at-Home Mothers Feel Like “Married S...
June 15 2011 - 10:52AM
Business Wire
TheBump.com (www.thebump.com), a leading website for expectant
and first-time parents, and ForbesWoman.com, a website for the
career-minded woman, today revealed the results of a co-branded
“Co-Parenting” survey. This one-of-a-kind survey, promoted on both
ForbesWoman.com and TheBump.com, polled more than 1,200 working and
stay-at-home moms about their co-parenting habits and experiences
with their partner. Survey results reveal everything from how moms
feel about their parenting and household responsibilities to how
often their partner helps out and gives them a break.
“Moms have an innate aspiration to do it all and a secret desire
to be superwoman,” says Carley Roney, editor in chief of
TheBump.com. “But balancing parenting work, household
responsibilities and work at the office is an extremely challenging
task. This survey reveals that whether working or stay-at-home,
moms today are taking on more responsibility than ever and feeling
overwhelmed and resentful of their partners as a result.”
According to ForbesWoman reporter Meghan Casserly: “These survey
numbers tell us that, despite the conversations on the changing
picture of parenthood and sharing of responsibilities at home, not
all that much has changed since women first stepped into the
workforce. And it’s exhausting! Besides being on a treadmill of
work, family, household, repeat, many women feel largely on their
own when it comes to home and kids.”
Highlights from TheBump.com and ForbesWoman.com “Co-Parenting”
survey include:
* BOTH WORKING AND STAY-AT-HOME MOMS FEEL LIKE A “MARRIED
SINGLE MOM.” With a majority of moms surveyed feeling
overwhelmed without enough parenting breaks, 24% of working and 28%
of stay-at-home moms surveyed agreed that sometimes they feel like
a “married single mom.”
* FEELINGS OF RESENTMENT DOMINATE. Whether they’re
working or not, moms overall say they feel resentful toward their
partner because of the unbalanced load of household and parenting
responsibilities (70% of working moms and 68% of stay-at-home
moms). In fact, approximately a third of all moms say they
definitely feel their partner could be more helpful or supportive
(33% of working moms and 31% of stay-at-home moms).
* 29% OF WORKING MOMS STILL DO ALMOST ALL THE PARENTING AND
HOUSEHOLD WORK. Of the working moms surveyed, 29% do the bulk
(76% to 100%) of the shopping, cleaning, cooking and other
non-parenting tasks, and 31% do the majority (76% to 100%) of
parenting work as well. Between working, parenting and household
work, nearly half of these moms (47%) say they still almost never
receive a break from parenting, whereas a majority of their
partners (93%) still receive a time-out.
* HALF OF STAY-AT-HOME MOMS DON’T GET A MOMMY BREAK EVER.
Of stay-at-home moms, 84% don’t get a break from parenting after
their partner walks in the door at night, despite the fact that an
overwhelming majority of them (97%) say they need at least an
occasional time-out from parenting. In fact, 50% of stay-at-home
moms say they never receive a time-out from parenting, while 96%
say their partner manages to get a time-out.
* A MAJORITY OF BOTH WORKING AND STAY-AT-HOME MOMS FEEL
OVERWHELMED BY RESPONSIBILITIES. In addition, 92% of working
moms surveyed and 89% of stay-at-home moms surveyed feel
overwhelmed by work, home and parenting responsibilities, yet more
than half of both groups (61% of working moms and 66% of
stay-at-home moms) don’t have assigned specific household tasks
with their partners.
* DISCIPLINING THE CHILDREN IS A ROLE SPLIT EVENLY BETWEEN
MOMS AND THEIR PARTNERS. Despite the majority of parenting and
household work falling under the responsibility of moms, 79% of
working moms and 71% of stay-at-home moms say they and their
partner are equally responsible for discipline.
To receive a full copy of the survey results, or to speak with
an editor from TheBump.com or ForbesWoman.com, please contact
Melissa Bach, mbach@theknot.com, or Melanie Scharler,
mscharler@forbes.com.
About TheBump.com
The Bump is the only multiplatform brand focused exclusively on
first-time moms looking for the inside scoop on fertility,
pregnancy and new mommyhood, reaching millions of moms each year
through The Bump Baby Network, including TheBump.com,
Breastfeeding.com and The Bump local guide. The Bump editorial
team, “born” on The Knot, provides new moms stage-by-stage advice,
stylish ideas, local resources, interactive tools and a savvy
online community who are obsessed with knowing about everything
baby. The Bump is a part of The Knot Inc. (NASDAQ: KNOT), the
premier media company devoted to weddings, pregnancy and everything
in between.
About Forbes Media
Forbes Media encompasses Forbes and Forbes.com, the leading
business site on the Web that reaches on average more than 18
million people monthly. The company publishes Forbes and Forbes
Asia, which together reach a worldwide audience of more than 6
million readers. It also publishes ForbesLife magazine, in addition
to licensee editions in Africa, China, Croatia, Bulgaria, India,
Indonesia, Israel, Korea, Latvia, Middle East, Poland, Romania,
Russia, Slovakia, Turkey and Ukraine.
Other Forbes Media Web sites are ForbesWoman.com;
RealClearPolitics.com; RealClearMarkets.com; RealClearSports.com
and RealClearWorld.com. Together with Forbes.com, these sites reach
on average nearly 20 million business decision makers each
month.
Steve Forbes serves as Chairman and Editor in Chief. Mike Perlis
is President and Chief Executive Officer. Lewis D’Vorkin is Chief
Product Officer. Kevin Gentzel is Chief Revenue Officer.
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