Weekend working 'robs children'
Nicole Curnow
Wednesday, October 20, 2004
Children are being starved of affection at weekends as more parents are forced to work unsociable hours to fit in with today's '24/7' culture, according to a study published last week. Research by the National Centre for Social Research found that one in three families in the UK had a parent who regularly worked at the weekend.
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