Many UK children are going for days without seeing their parents because of the stresses and strains of modern life, a charity is warning. Some 27% of 1,207 parents surveyed for the British Heart Foundation said they were too busy, in an average day, to spend any time with their children. Nearly three in 10 parents said they left the house, without seeing their children, at least once a week. The charity said the "daily grind" was driving families apart. One in 10 of the 2,300 UK adults surveyed on the issue said the last time they spent quality time with their family was over a year ago. Of this total, 1,207 respondents were parents. Of these, three out of five parents worried that they were spending far less time with their family than when they themselves were young.
Although work appears to be the biggest obstacle to family time for parents, some 42% were concerned that social media was distracting their children from quality family time when at home.
