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suggest do say be look become work work spend look
become do look explain do follow happen be follow work

New research that husbands do not their fair share of work around the house. A study from the Ohio State University that men who do an equal share of housework a rare breed. Researchers at the lifestyles of 182 working couples who first-time parents. Both partners roughly the same amount of hours in full-time jobs. The research team found that men did less housework after the baby was born, even though both mothers and fathers the same number of hours outside the home. During the first few weeks of parenthood, fathers did an average of five hours a week less housework, although they this time helping to after the baby.

It is a different story for mothers. a parent added about 21 hours per week to the amount of work she , even with her full-time job. Most of their extra work was spent after her baby. The researchers why new fathers did not keep up with the extra work after a child was born. They said that most men were simply unaware that the mother was so much more work. Another reason is that after a baby is born, fathers tend to what in their own homes when they younger. They automatically accept and the 'traditional' roles of the mother looking after the baby and the father working, even though the mother is also the same number of hours in her job.

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