Saturday, December 31, 2011

Dads with Babies Are Tired in the Workplace

It's time to start thinking about Dads also. In these times, Dads are becoming more engaged in their children's lives, often experiencing similar fatigue to that of their partners. After all, they sleep in the same house! Here's some stats we found:

Because of interrupted sleep, 75% of working fathers with 12-week-old babies report fatigue at least some of the time, substantially more than the general population, of which 22% to 48% reports fatigue, according to Gary Mellor of Southern Cross University and Winsome St. John of Griffith University, both in Australia. Because of possible workplace-safety issues, employers should give serious attention to the fatigue experienced by male employees during early fatherhood, the researchers say.


Source: HBR.org Daily Stat

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