TikTok A common refrain in relationship advice these days is the idea of “If he wanted to, he would.” It’s usually used as a kind of reality check for women who feel as though their boyfriend/husband/partner isn’t contributing their fair share, either in the relationship, household, or parenting. The idea is that if he wanted...
miniseries/E+/Getty Images By now you’ve probably heard of “default parenting” — when one parent in the family takes on most of the responsibilities of raising kids. It usually comes up in conversations about the mental load, or the invisible load, of running a household: remembering to buy toilet paper and put it in all the...
bluecinema/E+/Getty Images Another day, another parenting drama on Reddit’s Am I The Assh*le? forum. Today’s query comes from u/throwawayparent0x0 — whom we’ll call Throw-Away. Throw-Away and her husband are both absolutely in love with their brand new, 10-week-old baby. She loves how much her husband wants to spend every possible minute basking in the little...
@mar1ssab / TikTok Whenever a pregnant friend of mine asks me for some advice as they enter motherhood, one thing comes to my mind immediately: sleep! Get all the sleep you can. Sleep in. Sleep early. Sleep often. Soak in every minute of those precious ZZZs because soon, they will be a distant dream. No...