Metropolitan Digital

Google


.

Moms lose significant sleep and free time during kids' school year, new study finds

  • Written by Todd Jones, Assistant Professor of Economics, Mississippi State University
Moms lose significant sleep and free time during kids' school year, new study findsMoms get about 25 minutes less sleep each weeknight when their kids' school is in session. Jose Luis Pelaez Inc/DigitalVision Collection/Getty Images

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.

The big idea

Moms of school-age children get significantly less sleep during the school year than during the summer.

We are economistswh...

Read more: Moms lose significant sleep and free time during kids' school year, new study finds

More Articles ...

  1. There is no legal reason the US shouldn't supply cluster bombs to Ukraine – but that doesn't make it morally right
  2. Technology remains at the heart of the hajj
  3. How protest movements use feminine images and social media to fight sexist ideologies of authoritarian regimes – podcast
  4. A BRICS currency is unlikely to dislodge dollar any time soon – but it signifies growing challenge to established economic order
  5. Fear trumps anger when it comes to data breaches – angry customers vent, but fearful customers don't come back
  6. How pardoning extremists undermines the rule of law
  7. A brief history of colorful presidential relatives, from Alice Roosevelt to Hunter Biden
  8. US talks sanctions against Uganda after a harsh anti-gay law – but criminalizing same-sex activities has become a political tactic globally
  9. How will AI affect workers? Tech waves of the past show how unpredictable the path can be
  10. Proving Fermat's last theorem: 2 mathematicians explain how building bridges within the discipline helped solve a centuries-old mystery