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fromSlate Magazine
5 days ago
Relationships

When People Hear About My Marriage, They Always Ask the Same Question. My Answer Seems to Stun Them.

fromSlate Magazine
5 days ago
Relationships

When People Hear About My Marriage, They Always Ask the Same Question. My Answer Seems to Stun Them.

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fromBuzzFeed
1 week ago

21 Wild Examples Of Weaponized Incompetence That Married Women Have Had To Deal With

Many husbands use weaponized incompetence to avoid household tasks, shifting cleaning and chores onto their partners and causing frustration and division.
Parenting
fromTODAY.com
2 weeks ago

Are You The 'Food Parent'? Here's Why It's Such a 'Relentless' Role

Mothers disproportionately shoulder the cognitive and practical labor of feeding children, including planning, shopping, meal preparation, lunches, dishes, and problem-solving picky eating.
Relationships
fromBuzzFeed
1 month ago

A Father Won't Help With Chores Because His Wife Stays Home, And The Internet Is Furious

A full-time working father refuses household cleaning because his stay-at-home wife with two young children is not keeping the house to his expectations.
Social justice
fromBuzzFeed
1 month ago

Moms Are Revealing Nauseating Examples Of Daddy Privilege That Still Exist Today

Fathers frequently receive more lenient expectations and privileges in caregiving, including privacy, longer sleep, and allowance for being unwell compared with mothers.
fromSlate Magazine
3 months ago

My Husband Sent Me Out on a Spa Day. I Came Home to Something I Still Can't Believe.

Let me preface this response by apologizing in advance for what I'm about to advise because I know it will most likely be something you do not want to hear. But right off the bat-yeah, George made a selfish, impulsive, fucking dumb decision. It is honestly one of the most insane things I've ever heard but...I kind of love it? I know, I know-Crazy George doing his Crazy George stuff is a burden to you and your household. But let's look at the plus side h
Parenting
Relationships
fromThe Washington Post
3 months ago

Column | Spouse upset by tired welcome from work trip. Hax readers give advice.

A spouse returning from a leisurely work trip shouldn't expect celebratory treatment when the other partner handled household and childcare; communicate needs and set boundaries.
fromMedievalists.net
4 months ago

Childhood in the Middle Ages - Medievalists.net

The first misconception that's worth clearing up is that children were, as they always have been, both loved and cherished by their parents. I've explored this a little bit elsewhere, but it bears repeating. Though there were culturally different ways of showing that love, it was as powerful as it is now. The number of children a couple had didn't reduce the amount of love they had, either.
History
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
5 months ago

The Difference Between Mental Load and Emotional Labor

Physical tasks are manual household actions with clear start and stop that provide completion and differ from mental or emotional aspects of household labor.
Parenting
fromFood52
8 months ago

I Asked a Bunch of Moms What They Actually Want for Mother's Day-Here's What They Said

Moms primarily seek relief from daily tasks rather than physical gifts, reflecting their desire to reduce mental load.
NYC parents
fromScary Mommy
9 months ago

This SAHM Says She's Raking In The Dough - By Charging Her Husband For Her Labor

Stay-at-home moms often perform multiple roles and deserve compensation for their work.
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