The chart below compares the percentage of time Australian mothers and fathers spent helping their children with four activities in 2013

The provided bar chart illustrates the proportion of

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Australian parents spent assisting their children with

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in 2013.

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,

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attended more than fathers to help their children , particularly in dressing

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. The biggest portion of cooperated

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belonged to playing games. It is clear from the illustration that the main activity that

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spent

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helping their children was dressing approximately three-quarters.

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, they had highlighted attendance in other

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including doing homework, playing games, and preparing for bed just over a half, about a quarter, and just above 40%, respectively. It is interesting to note that the participation

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of fathers was much less than

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in all categories. The highest cooperation between fathers and

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was in playing games exactly 70% and they spent about 50% of their

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preparing for bed.

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, Spending hours doing homework and dressing was less than other activities by about 40% and just above 20%, respectively.