Split-Shift Parenting 'Hurts Families'
What is ‘shift’ parenting?
Shift parenting is an increasing phenomenon in our society. It occurs when dual-income couples have to work anti-social hours. One parent comes into the home as the other leaves resulting in little time being spent as a complete family unit. This style of parenting has been compared to children being “passed between parents like a baton in a relay race” or “tag-team parenting”.
The impact of ‘shift parenting’ has been recognized by the politicians. Harriet Harman who is standing for deputy labor leadership in the
UK said recently 'We need to have a debate about how we enable families to spend more time together. It's not just about the child having enough time with the mother or the father, it's about doing things as a family.'
US Statistics
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Three out of four families experience some weekend work.
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40% of families have at least one parent who regularly works at weekends - 2.4m families and around 4.5m dependent children.
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1.5m families with dependent children have a parent who regularly works on Sundays.
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In around 200,000 families, both parents work on the same day at the weekend.
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Over half of parents who work weekends also work in the evenings. [1]
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