The Mental Load Of Mothers
There are four clear stages of mental work related to household responsibilities:
- anticipating needs,
- identifying options,
- deciding among the options;
- monitoring the results.
Mothers did more in all four stages, her research showed; while parents often made decisions together, mothers did more of the anticipation, planning and research.
In other words, fathers were informed when it came to decisions, but mothers put in the legwork around them.
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