The chart below compares the percentage of time Australian mothers and fathers spent helping their children with four activities in 2013. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

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Australian parents spent assisting their children with activities divided into four categories in the year 2013.

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, the mothers spent most of their

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changing their kids’ clothes,

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the fathers spent the majority of their day playing with their kids. The least amount of

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spent by both parties when preparing beds.

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the mothers spent 70% and 60% more

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with their children, getting dressed and completing homework, respectively. Meanwhile, fathers only spent 30% of their

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doing homework with their kids and 20% on dressing, nearly thrice less than women. It is noticeable from the chart that fathers took more hours playing games and preparing beds for the kids than mothers. Playing games and preparing for bed accounted for 70% and 50% of the Australian dads spent with their children, respectively.

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, the percentage of

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that the mom and her child spent playing was just higher than 20%.

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, the rate of moms who spent almost 50% preparing for their child's sleep, was slightly under the

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that the dads spent. 210 words