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We've seen gender roles converge in the workplace and they haven't converged at
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home. So, as women have invested in more intensive careers, we haven't seen their
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male partners step up to carry the household load. In my data, I see that women who are primary breadwinners still
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do almost twice as much cooking and cleaning as their lower earning male partners. And then you add to that a
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fact that a lot of people don't know, which is that moms today spend twice as
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much time with our kids as moms a generation ago. That's because of our greater understanding of developmental
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psychology of what kids need. It's a beautiful affirmative choice to do it. And it's tremendously costly in terms of
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our time. And so once we understand that, it can empower us to navigate this however brings us the most joy and
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contentment and fulfillment over our lifetimes instead of trying to have some kind of impossible vision of having it
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all that we've been sold.