How would you define motherhood or fatherhood in one word? Having a child is one of the most important events in a person’s life, and each one has a different definition of it.
That is why, within the framework of the celebration of World Mothers and Fathers Day, which is celebrated on June 1, the brand of baby wipes WaterWipes has carried out a study on the vision of 500 moms and dads Spaniards on raising children.
Happiness, love and sacrifice: the most repeated definitions
According to data from the study, when asked “How would you define motherhood / fatherhood?” the most repeated response is love (27%) followed by happiness (24%) and sacrifice (20%).
Other answers that we can find are constancy (14.17%), personal growth (8.78%) and privilege (3.39%).
By sex, 31.4% of women define motherhood as love; those who do it with happiness are 26.5%; Sacrifice takes 19.3% and they follow constancy (8.5%) personal growth (8.5%) and privilege (5%).
For their part, 25.2% of men define fatherhood as love; those who do it as happiness are 23.4%, and those who do it with sacrifice are 21.22%. They follow constancy (18.7%), personal growth (9%) and privilege (2.15%).
Work-life balance and loss of free time, the greatest difficulties
Having a baby is one of the greatest joys that life gives, but without a doubt it also generates complications to which you must adapt. For 42.7% of those surveyed, the biggest complication is work-life balance. In second place is the loss of free time (29.5%), followed by financial outlay (16.17%).
Women are concerned about work-life balance (48.2%) twice as much as loss of free time (24.1%), while in the case of men the balance is much more balanced (38.2% and 33, 9%, respectively.The financial outlay remains in third place in both cases: 18.3% in the case of women, and 14.4% in the case of men.
The education and care of your skin, the biggest concerns
Regarding the aspects that most concern parents about the care of babies, the number one priority is education for more than half of the respondents (almost 52%). In second place is the care of your skin with 35.66%. Much further are their clothes and footwear (4.27%), their fit (4.23%) and their leisure time (4.05%).
“Having a baby is one of the greatest joys that life can give you, but at the same time we know that it can generate many challenges and worries, and the health of our little ones is definitely at the top of the list.”, Says Sara Tugnolo, Brand Marketing Manager – EMEA of WaterWipes.
“That is why at WaterWipes we are proud to be able to provide mothers and fathers with a product as natural as our wipes, which, thanks to its formula based on 99.9% water and grapefruit seed extract, take care of the health of the skin of babies during such a vital and delicate stage, as well as decisive for the health of babies in the long term. So moms and dads have one less thing to worry about. “
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