Not spending enough time with your children? No worries. A British drink maker has the answer: more than two dozen ways you can “reconnect” with your kids at the end of a long day, each of which takes 12 minutes or less.
Yes, “12 Minutes” just might become to Britain in this decade what “Quality Time” was in the U.S. in the 80s -- a short hand that simultaneously makes parents feel less guilty, and more so.
It is based on a survey of how 2000 British parents of children ages 3 to 18 spend their time, and finds that while a total of 186 minutes is given over to cooking, commuting, answering emails and doing chores, only 39 minutes each day is actually used to connect with children. In other words, parents spent a grand total of seven full days a year hanging with their kids.
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