Writing Task 1 – 150 words

The chart below gives information about the amount of time children
spend with their parents.

The bar chart compares how much time children of multiple age groups spend
with their parents, as displayed by the amounts of time that children spend with
each parent alone and both parents together. 

In general, children of all age groups spend more time with their mother than
their father alone throughout the week. On the weekends, children’s time with
parents increases and this time is predominantly spent with both parents, rather
than with each parent separately. 

For the weekdays, children typically spend around 7 hours with their mother
alone. Infants, in particular, have almost 8 hours which strictly involve their
mother, which is more or less the same amount of time for children in the 2-3
and 6-7 age group in this regard. The time spent exclusively with their father,
on the other hand, is rather limited, which is at most above 2 hours for the 4-5
age group and at least 1 hour for the 2-3 age group. 

Regarding the weekends, the amount of time that children spend with both
parents, which is no more than 2 hours during the weekdays, becomes roughly
5.5 hours on average on weekends. This is at the expense of the amount of
time that is spent exclusively with mothers and fathers, lowering to an average
of 3.8 hours and a sub-1 hour respectively. Finally, children from the age of 2 to
7 spend an increased total of around 10 hours with their parents on weekends.