Too Busy to Help Because He Works? Why Parenting Is a Two-Person Job
Dr. Jana RundleLicensed Psychologist, PsyD, PMH-C · 0:46 videoDr. Jana pushes back on the idea that a partner who's the main earner is too busy for chores, pickups or a Target run, and explains why parenting is a two-person job.
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I have to call BS on something I've been hearing in my sessions this week. It's this idea that if your partner works, if they are the primary breadwinner, that they are somehow like too busy to do chores, to do pickups, to do grocery runs. Like, wait a second, let's unpack that. So you're saying that the person that you've chosen to be with, the person that you're now raising a child with, is somehow incapable of doing a target run. like I just don't buy it guys I don't buy it we have to be mindful of what messages we're internalizing from our society and what is the truth and the truth is parenting is a two-person sport
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