From Motherly authored by Diana Spaulding:
“Like many modern couples, before getting married and having kids my husband and I spoke frequently about our plans to be true partners in life—to share in the household responsibilities equally and to co-parent our children in a way that defied the stereotypical norms of our society.
Then we actually had kids and we quickly learned that it was a lot more complicated than that.
Even as members of the millennial generation, we were born into a society in which gendered expectations have been rooted in our way of thinking, living and doing. Although growing up in progressive households molded our expectations and ideas, that background didn’t prove enough to fully counter the pervasive inequalities that restrict partners from co-parenting as hoped.”
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