The Laughing Stork’s Fun Parenting Facts

Dec 12, 2012 | Filed Under: Fun Parenting Facts, Preschoolers, Toddlers | Tags:

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PARENTS SPEND AN AVERAGE OF*:

69 hours per year shopping for groceries

36.4 hours per year preparing breakfast

36.4 hours per year preparing lunch

143 hours per year preparing dinner

For a total of 284.8 hours per year spent on shopping and preparing food for our children.

AND THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT TAKES FOR KIDS TO REJECT AND WASTE ALL OF THAT FOOD?

15.65 minutes

Stay tuned for more Laughing Stork fun facts!

*All ironclad data based on Candy and Mr. Candy’s almond tequila-fueled assumptions

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About Candy

Candy Kirby is the founder of The Laughing Stork and a professional fun-maker who will never stop chasing her lifelong dream: to find the Pomeranian or porn star after whom her parents must have named her. She also used to be a staff writer for the soap opera, The Bold and the Beautiful, where she penned many scripts featuring prolonged heated stares and countless “Who’s the Daddy?” story lines. Candy lives in Los Angeles with her husband, two young kids and three rescue Persian cats who enjoy blanketing every inch of the house in kitty fur. For more of Candy's nonsense, check out her personal Twitter, The Laughing Stork's Twitter and The Laughing Stork's Facebook page.

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  1. Kim says:

    My ADD/OCD runs out of control, in the grocery store… I think I need to tack a couple hundred hours extra, onto that estimate!!!

    December 12th, 2012 at 8:32 pm - Reply


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