Girls stayed at home and worked with their mothers while boys followed in their fathers' footsteps.

女孩待在家里和她们的母亲一起干活，而男孩则跟随他们的父亲的脚步。

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And fathers as a whole - stay-at-home dads or otherwise - spend almost as much time with their children as mothers do.

而父亲这个群体—无论是否家庭主父—与孩子相处的时间跟母亲这个群体一样。

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The system is intended to improve the children's performance at school by encouraging their mothers and fathers to attend events, such as parents' evenings and plays, and help with learning at home.

这一制度旨在通过鼓励家长参与到孩子的学习活动中来，例如父母晚上陪着孩子、跟孩子一起玩、在家辅导孩子学习，从而改进孩子在学校的表现。

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When they began the study 14 years ago, researchers focused on mothers because it was difficult to find fathers who spent as much time at home with their young children.

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Otherwise, the menfolk left their respectable women at home and headed off for the festival with fathers, brothers, sons, friends, neighbors and (male) lovers.

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Meanwhile, dramas such as "Game of Thrones" and "Mad Men" show such bad fathers that "you'd beg social services" to put their children in a foster home with Al Bundy, he jokes.

CNN: June 15, 2012 -- Updated 1120 GMT (1920 HKT)