勞累生活:英國父母每天休息時間僅90分鐘

Working parents are so busy juggling their lives that they get only 90 minutes a day to themselves, a study has revealed. Hectic work schedules and the demands of bringing up children mean spare time for parents is at a premium, the research found.

　　現在，爲人父母可不是件容易的活兒，特別當你還得分心忙工作，整天的心思都撲在了這兩件事兒上，據一項調查結果顯示，工作的父母們每天可以完全支配的時間僅有90分鐘左右。繁忙的工作計劃以及養兒育女的重擔便意味着，閒暇時光對於他們來說已然是種奢侈。

The study of 3,000 working mums and dads shows the average person wakes up at 6.42am and does not manage to get back into bed until 10.45pm.

調查涉及了3000爲職業父親母親，他們平均每天清早6:42起牀，自此一直得忙乎到晚間10:45才得以上牀歇息。

He or she will spend eight hours and 12 minutes working every day – about seven hours in the office and another hour and a quarter remotely, tapping away on their laptop. After rising early, the average working parent will spend a total of 55 minutes showering, dressing and eating breakfast.

每天，他們花在工作上的時間爲8小時12分鐘，其中的7小時是在辦公室度過，另外的1個多小時則是在個人筆記本上“加班”。 早早起身的父母們只有55分鐘的時間可以用來洗澡穿衣打扮和吃早餐。

Another 47 minutes will be dedicated to getting the children ready for their day at school or nursery – washing and dressing them, packing their bags, feeding them breakfast and brushing their teeth. Collecting the children from school, nursery, childcare or after-school clubs consumes another 33 minutes a day, and preparing and eating dinner takes 46 minutes.

另外的47分鐘將花在幫孩子們洗臉漱口、穿衣戴帽、整理書包、享用早餐，直至送上校車才完畢。而接送孩子上下學，參加興趣輔導班等事又將花掉父母們33分鐘的時間，晚餐則是需要46分鐘的準備時間。

Parents then get an hour and nine minutes with their children before they go to bed, and the household chores take up another hour and 13 minutes. That hectic schedule leaves exhausted mums and dads only an hour and a half to relax and unwind.

終於，在孩子們上牀睡覺前，父母們有了1小時9分鐘的時間與他們所相處，接下來，打掃做家務等事情又要花掉1小時13分鐘。 如此密集於繁忙的日程安排讓身心俱疲的父母們僅有一個半小時的時間來用於放鬆身心。

　　The study by Co-operative Food found working parents crave more time to themselves – with eight out of ten dreaming of an escape from the grind of their daily routine.

這項調查發現，一邊忙工作一邊帶孩子的父母們迫切渴望能有更多自由支配的時間，而有八成的人則表示夢想着從日常家務瑣事的“夢魘”中解放出來。

Some 64 per cent of those polled felt they spent ‘most of their time’ st four in ten would like a bit of time alone to read books, while 34 per cent would relish the opportunity to exercise.

約有64%的受訪者稱自己的“絕大多數時間”都花在了工作上，而四成人希望可以獲得更多閱讀的時間，另有34%人則希望可以有鍛鍊身體的機會。

A third of those polled would simply like time to relax and put their feet up in front of the television or enjoy a lie-in in the e out of ten would like to go to the pub every so often.

而三分之一的父母希望能有放鬆的時間，雙腳愜意的搭在茶几上，或是一個賴牀的清晨。百分之三的想希望可以常常到酒吧享樂。

Helen Bridgett, of Co-operative, said: ‘Our survey shows that working parents feel under enormous pressure to succeed both professionally and personally.

調查人員透露，“研究結果顯示，在巨大的壓力之下，工作父母們在事業和個人生活上都取得了‘雙豐收’。”

‘For many, life has become one big juggling act, and it means people have very little time to pursue their hobbies and interests, let alone give their beloved family members the quality time they deserve.’

“對很多人來說，這是一個標誌，寓意着爲了家庭成員能過得更好，他們不惜犧牲掉追求個人興趣與愛好的時間。”