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Am I wrong for making my husband solo parent for 30 minutes a day?
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This is how one mom felt when she reached a disagreement with her husband about him watching their two toddlers while she made dinner. She worked from home in the afternoons while also watching them, and expected him to be with them for about half an hour when he came home from work, so she could cook uninterrupted.
However, the dad often felt unable to deal with the responsibility, frequently expecting her to help him with the kids while she was cooking. When she declined a request for help, he got upset, and she wanted to know if her demand for 30 minutes alone was too much.
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Commenters agreed that the husband needed to take more responsibility.
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'It’s always a struggle for him': Dad complains when mom asks him to watch 1 and 2-year-old for 30 minutes while she cooks dinner after work
There are plenty of challenges that can put strain on a long-term relationship, and kids have to be near the top of this reliably long list. No matter how prepared parents-to-be think they are, adding children into the mix is often a shock to the system that brings much more stress and many more arguments. It takes time to figure out the arrangement that is going to work for everyone.
A big source of tension when it comes to couples with kids is feelings of resentment about who does what, childcare-wise. It is very common for one parent to feel that another isn't pulling their weight, or for somebody to feel like they are tasked with a responsibility that they can't cope with. The reality is that raising children is less overwhelming if more than one person is doing it, and co-parents should want to help each other out as much possible.
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