Tag: default parent

• The Default Parent and The Perfection Trap

  

  There is a distinct kind of exhaustion that has less to do with physical labour and everything to do with carrying the invisible weight of a household. It’s the reality of being the “default parent.”

  Stillfiguringitoutblog

  May 31, 2026

  blogging, motherhood, parenting

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