By Natalie Angier — 2013
American households have never been more diverse, more surprising, more baffling. In this special issue of Science Times, Natalie Angier takes stock of our changing definition of family.
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CLEAR ALL
Dividing chores among your kids in an organized and effective fashion is important for their development and important for your sanity as a parent.
The household tasks taken over by most moms—including the often invisible emotional work—have increased exponentially.
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When it comes to household responsibilities, women perform far more cognitive and emotional labour than men. Why is this, and is there anything we can do about it?
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Emotional labor is the invisible work in families, disproportionately by moms.
Emotional labor is a paid chore, not a household chore.
It wasn’t a big deal to me when I was married. But it was a big deal to her.
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