Practical advice for modern dads
6/18/202620 min
We often talk about the mental load of parenting as something mothers carry. But active, involved dads have questions, too, and not many places to ask them. In this episode, Kevin Maguire, author of The New Fatherhood, and clinical psychologist David Defoe answer listener questions from dads.
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Marielle Segarra· Host0:26
Life Kit reporter Andy Tagle. Hi.
Andy Tagle0:31
Hi, Marielle. Good morning.
Marielle Segarra· Host0:33
One of your favorite topics, I feel like, on Life Kit is the mental load. What does it mean?
Andy Tagle0:38
[sighs] The mental load. The mental load is so many things. Um, it's sometimes called invisible labor. It's all that behind the scenes thinking, planning, organizing, executing. It's everything it takes to keep a household running, and oftentimes it falls on one person more than the other.
Marielle Segarra· Host1:01
Yeah. I feel like when we talk about the mental load, we're often talking about women and moms. Why is that?
Andy Tagle1:08
Because, you know, in aggregate, that's what the data shows. You know, in, in most heterosexual relationships, it's the female that takes on the lion's share of the work because, you know, socialization. Even when both partners are working, even when both partners make the same amount of money. That's not the truth of every individual relationship