Why Is the Bar so Low for Dads?
On society’s tendency to thank men for performing basic parenting duties
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3 min readApr 30, 2020
Not too long ago, I attended a baby shower on a Saturday afternoon. The next day the grateful mother-to-be thanked my husband for looking after our children while I was at the event. I paused for a split second to consider the weight of her words.
