Spending quality time with the family is important for any parent.
But sometimes parents don't get to spend as much time with their children as they would like as work and other factors get in the way.
Not in Wrexham.
A study conducted by one of the UK’s leading bathing and washing brands, Baylis & Harding, revealed the UK cities where parents get the most and least amount of time with their kids.
Wrexham is the best city for families to live in the UK based on the study with parents in the North Wales city getting the most quality time with their children with an average of 3 hours and 37 minutes per day.
The next best is Norwich where parents spend on average 2 hours and 14 minutes with their children each day.
Welsh capital Cardiff was the third best place for parents spending quality time with their children.
Baylis & Harding Co-Founder, Tania Slater, said: “With our busy everyday lives, parents are finding it harder than ever to spend one-on-one time with their children.
“Some 93% of parents saying they look forward to bathtime with their children, making it one of the most enjoyable and important times of their day.
“We want families to really cherish their bathtime routines and make the most of the hugely valuable bonding time it offers."
Top 5 best cities for families to live in the UK
Based on the amount of quality time parents spent with their children each day from the Baylis & Harding study, these are the best cities in the UK for families:
- Wrexham (average of 3:37 hours a day)
- Norwich (average of 2.14 hours)
- Cardiff (average of 2.04 hours)
- Chelmsford (average of 1.44 hours)
- Manchester (average of 1.43 hours)
Top 5 worst cities for families to live in the UK
These are the locations where parents get to spend the least amount of time with their children:
- Coventry (average of 39 minutes)
- Swansea (average of 51 minutes)
- York (average of 54 minutes)
- Brighton and Hove (average of 55 minutes)
- Southampton (average of 59 minutes)
The national poll of 1,000 parents found that almost a third (29%) spend just 23 minutes of quality time a day with their children with one in ten even getting less than 15 minutes.
More than three-quarters of parents (77%) say they feel huge guilt about the lack of time they spend with their little ones and wish they had more family time.
Data from Baylis & Harding showed a quarter (25%) of parents feel bath time is the best opportunity to bond with their children.
Working lives and distractions including smartphones and social media were said to be among the biggest impacts on parents spending time with their children.
