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Leave it to mum: The lazy generation

Leave it to mum: The lazy generation

By age 34, one in four Generation Y’s still haven’t flown the coop and left home, but that doesn’t mean they’re making domestic life any easier for mum. Researchers from the University of NSW have found that even though they have an extra pair of hands around the house, mothers are still picking up after […]
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Women still doing more housework, not happy about it

Should women still be doing more housework than men?

Women are doing less housework than they used to, but they’re still doing more than men and they’re not happy about it. New research shows that while men have started to pull their weight around the home, 85 percent of women still do most of the work, leading to increased stress levels. Swedish researchers studied […]
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Why every woman should do less housework

Why every woman should do less housework

Dust bunnies on the floor? Smears on the mirrors and soap scum in the shower? Don’t worry about it — it could make you depressed. A study published in Molecular Psychiatry found that living in a spotlessly-clean environment could increase your risk of depression. Related: Could allergies protect against cancer? We’ve been told for some […]
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Why we crave the simple life

Why we crave the simple life

In this post-GFC world, the art of frugal living is making a comeback. Ingrid Pyne meets a remarkable woman who has transformed her life and proved that Grandma was right. Rhonda Hetzel is far too down-to-earth to call it an epiphany as such, but in 2003, she came to a life-changing realisation. Her high-paying job, […]
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Does your partner do their fair share of the housework?

Does your partner do their fair share of the housework?

A study in the UK suggests men are catching up with women in their devotion to domestic duties, but it only takes a bit of digging to uncover that blokes still have a long way to go before they are doing their fair share of chores. Numbers from the Office for National Statistics indicate men […]
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Half an hour of magic in the garden

Spending a half an hour working in the garden can be magic. It will relax you, tone your muscles, help make you happy, provide vitamin D from the sunlight — and you may even create something wonderful, just in half an hour. (This doesn’t count the time spent in the garden centre. Garden centres can […]
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What causes allergies? Experts blame excessive cleaning

What causes allergies? Experts blame excessive cleaning

If you are obsessed with keeping your home or workplace clean and tidy, you may be doing more harm than good when it comes to your health. Excessive cleanliness has led to a soaring rise in allergies such as hay fever, eczema, hives and asthma in developed countries, a new Canadian study has found. The […]
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