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Where do Parents Find the Time?

They swap out TV and sleep for childcare—and are happy about it

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Aziz Sunderji
Feb 12, 2026
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Americans spend more time at home than we used to, but that additional home time looks totally different for parents (especially of young children) compared to non parents. The chart below—which I compiled by analyzing the Census Bureau’s American Time Use Survey—tracks the difference in time use between working parents of small children vs working non …

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