Anyone that has kids doesn't has time-choice compared with those who don't. I'd guess 3+ hours a day average, less weekdays and more on weekends.
Combine that with poor and there really isn't much time available outside sleep.
Combine that with poor and there really isn't much time available outside sleep.
Society can make the work a lot less onerous, restoring that time-choice. (And various societies through time had quite sensible solutions, though of course war and violence destroys sensible living arrangements.) For instance, the common atomized family is incredibly inefficient duplication of work.
The good parents did.
Looking back on things, I don't think I've lost too much time by having a child. It's a little inconvenient sometimes having to shuttle him around. But from my observations, single/childless people tend to spend the same amount of time on extracurriculars that I spend with my child.
Also regarding extra curricular, people might spend the same time socialising etc but this counts as time to re-charge and get back to work. If you spend a couple hours getting your kids dinner and into bed you don't feel like heading back to the desk the same way you do after a game of tennis with friends.