According to a survey conducted by Istituto Piepoli, as many as 66% of women with children under the age of 18 don't need to leave alone and think about a vacation with the whole family.
Longing for summer and vacation, yes, but not without children! Italian mothers, despite the efforts of the months of pandemic spent juggling between smartworking, dad and family, with the reopening and the possibility of resuming traveling, would prefer, in most cases, to leave with the family rather than do it alone to escape carving out a moment for herselves, which would also be inviolable.
According to a survey conducted by Istituto Piepoli, as many as 66% of women with children under the age of 18 think about a holiday with children and family, despite the greater time spent at home in the last year. Only 27% would prefer to leave the children with their dad, grandparents or babysitter to dedicate a few days and try to recharge after the stress of closures and lockdowns. The perception of men changes a bit. 40% say they are convinced that their partners would prefer to enjoy a holiday without children and family to switch off and get away from a heavy routine.
Livio Gigliuto, Vice President of the Piepoli Institute, says: “the most interesting fact is the difference in male and female perception. Men imagine that mothers want to leave without children and families, to recover from the stress of this long period of emergency. Mothers, on the other hand, deny this hypothesis ”. Why? Perhaps because, explains Gigliuto, “some men still tend to conceive the parental condition as a ‘burden’, and think that working and having a family are two alternatives. This is certainly the case, but not out of boredom or stress due to living together, but out of practical, organizational issues. Despite having every right to choose to disconnect, with this research, Italian mothers tell us that they love family, appreciate the possibility of living more time with their children and their partner, and do not suffer the emotional burden of living with their partners and sons or daughters. They simply struggle to reconcile the two worlds (work and family) if there are no services that help them manage the organization. To make it short, they don’t need to flee their families to go to a desert island, they just need, like everyone else, a society that poses the question of how to help them manage it.
