No bedtime story for busy parents

More working parents struggle to get home in time to see their children before bedtime, a study has found.

About 40 per cent of those with children under five say they find it hard to make it home in time to read a bedtime story, according to the research by pressure group Keep Time For Children.

John Alexander, spokesman for the organisation, said of the study: "It demonstrates that the situation with round-the-clock working hours is getting out of hand, and the ones who are suffering the most are our children."

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