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How to Share Parenting Duties

One of the keys to work-life balance as a working mom is sharing parenting duties with your co-parent(s) successfully. We've talked a LOT about the issue, including laying out the general areas to think about in this post on how to share parenting duties with your spouse. See all of our latest articles below!

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Sharing the Load: Conception, Planning & Execution

How to Share Parenting Duties· Marriage Advice for Working Moms | equal parenting· posts

When your partner “takes” a task, do they do the entirety of the task themselves — or do you find yourself doing part of the task for them? How do you feel about your partner taking full ownership of a task?

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Weaponized Incompetence: When It’s Easier to Do It Yourself

How to Share Parenting Duties· Marriage Advice for Working Moms | chores· default parent· division of labor· posts

With household/parental tasks, do you ever think, “If I want it done right, I’ll just do it myself”? Welcome to the concept of weaponized incompetence…

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How Are You Sharing “Work Time” With Your Partner?

How to Share Parenting Duties· Marriage Advice for Working Moms | Coronavirus· posts

If you don’t have outside help like a nanny, au pair, grandparent or babysitter, how are you sharing “work time” with your partner? Any great systems (or rants)?

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Who’s Watching the Kids: Coronavirus, Childcare, and Working Moms

Childcare· Household· How to Share Parenting Duties | Coronavirus· posts

Do you feel like the bulk of the increased childcare/household tasks are on your shoulders as working moms? Do you worry the coronavirus quarantines will be bad for general equity in sharing parental duties?

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How to Plan Dinner Every Night

Family Meals and Working Parents· How to Share Parenting Duties· Top Posts | dinner· dinners· posts

I recently saw a meme about how “the hardest part of being an adult is figuring out what to cook for dinner every single night for the rest of your life until you die.” This is so true — so I thought I’d share the system I just implemented…

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Dads, Babysitting, and Hobbies: How Mothers and Fathers Are Treated Differently

How to Share Parenting Duties· Parenting | default parent· equal parenting· posts

How do you feel that the parenting roles of moms and dads are viewed differently? How has this come to bear in your own family? Do you ever feel like the bar for “dad of the year” is much lower than it is for “basically good mom”?

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How to Find Balance as a Working Mom

How to Share Parenting Duties· Work-Life Balance | posts

These are my top four tips on how to find balance as a working mom — but I’d love to hear yours!

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Screen Time Rules that Work

How to Share Parenting Duties· Tech for Working Moms | posts· screen time

Ladies, let’s talk screen time. What screen time rules work for your family? If your child has several caregivers (e.g., au pair, grandma, and two parents), how do you “share” screen time among the caregivers?

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How Does Your Family Do Laundry?

Household· How to Share Parenting Duties | laundry· posts

I’ve seen a lot of conversations about this topic — on here, on Corporette, on Facebook, amongst friends, etc. — but I don’t think we’ve ever had an explicit post about working moms and laundry. So, ladies, let’s talk: How does your family do laundry? More accurately, WHO does the laundry in your house? Do … Read More about How Does Your Family Do Laundry?

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Breakfast and the Working Mom

Family Meals and Working Parents· How to Share Parenting Duties | posts

Here’s a question for you: who does breakfast in your house? You? Your partner? Your caregiver? How much variety do your kids have for breakfast, and — with the huge abundance of high sugar / high calorie breakfasts for kids — how strict are you in what they’re allowed to have? Calories and sugar are … Read More about Breakfast and the Working Mom

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How to Use Your iPhone to Store School Paperwork

Grade Schoolers· How to Share Parenting Duties· Organization Tips for Working Moms· Schools and Working Moms· Tech for Working Moms | posts· school year tips

What are your favorite organization tips as the school year gets underway? We’ve shared tips for preserving your kids’ artwork, as well as why I think a family email address is great for all working parents — but today I thought I’d explain an easy trick I’ve figured out for how to use your iPhone to … Read More about How to Use Your iPhone to Store School Paperwork

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I Tried to Use Virtual Assistants to Delegate Family Tasks — Here’s What Happened

How to Share Parenting Duties | default parent· delegating· kids' activities· personal assistants· posts· virtual assistants

We often recommend that working moms delegate family tasks to other people (and we’ve talked about it in the context of the “do, delegate, or NOPE” game), so earlier this year I decided to buy 20 hours at TaskBullet (the minimum amount you’re required to buy) to see if it would be possible to delegate family … Read More about I Tried to Use Virtual Assistants to Delegate Family Tasks — Here’s What Happened

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