A survey of over 2,000 participants reveals that we often underestimate how willing—and happy—people are to help out.
If there’s something tried and true about parenting, it’s that you’ll always have plenty to do and often not enough time to do it. From running errands to picking up the kids and doing household chores, mom or dad could use a little help—but studies show many don’t reach out for it., 1 in 3 moms report feeling stressed at least five days a week, but 67 percent feel like a burden when they reach out to their family to share their feelings, let alone ask for help.
Overwhelmingly the results showed that those needing help consistently underestimated others’ willingness to help. In a relatable example, during one experiment the subjects were told to ask a stranger to take their photo at a botanical garden. Despite many of the askers’ hesitance only four people out of 100 turned the favor down.
The study also showed that many askers underestimated how positive helpers would feel after helping and overestimated how inconvenienced helpers would feel. “We feel good making a positive difference in other people’s lives,” Xuan Zhao, a co-author of the study told theDespite the evidence that asking for a favor isn’t as big of an inconvenience as you think it might be, it can still be hard to admit that you need help in the first place.
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