當代媽媽每天只有26分鐘“自我時間”

Juggling a job with looking after kids means the average British mum just gets 26 minutes to herself, a study reveals. The report - issued to coincide with International Women's Day - also found no let-up in later life when kids have left home, because once they become grans they end up looking after little ones all over again。

The report reveals the pressures modern-day mums face compared to previous generations dating back to the 1930s. Key findings are: Three out of 10 reckon they have far less "me time" than their own mothers did - barely three hours a week on average。

Dads still fail to shoulder their fair share at home. Three in 10 of the 1,000 women who took part in the study confessed to feeling under constant pressure to be "the perfect mother"。

Researcher Kate Fox said: "There is increasing pressure on mothers to work a 'double shift' - to be the perfect mother as well as a wage-earner."研究發現，在英國，邊工作邊帶孩子的母親每天只有26分鐘的時間來“照看自己”。這份與婦女節同步問世的報告還稱，即使孩子長大離家後，母親們在晚年也不得安寧，因爲還得扮演奶奶這一角色，照顧孫子孫女兒。

報告比較了30年做母親的壓力，反映了當代母親們所承擔的負荷(以上世紀爲參照)。重要發現有：與母輩相比，3成女性承認自己擁有的“自我時間”少之又少，平均一週只有3小時。

而父親們仍未承擔起相應的家庭責任。受調查的1000名女性中，3成反映因爲無法成爲“完美媽媽”而備受壓力困擾。

研究員凱特稱：“媽媽們需要完成‘雙重轉變’——既是完美媽媽還是有錢媽媽，壓力因而日漸上漲。”