You may have heard of couples that strive for exact equality when it comes to chores, i.e. I scrub a dish, you scrub a dish, I change a diaper, you change a diaper.
But new research finds that keeping score with chores isn’t the best path to a high-quality relationship. Instead the data points to two items that should have a permanent place on a father’s to-do list:
Do housework alongside your spouse Spend quality time with the kids “We found that it didn’t matter who did what, but how satisfied people were with the division of labor,” said Brigham Young University professor Erin Holmes. “We found that when wives are doing work together with their husbands, they are more satisfied with the division of labor.”
To read the full, original article click on this link: Fathers: Do chores together for better relationship | ScienceBlog.com
