One of the biggest topics in parenting these days is the mental and physical drain that comes with being the default parent in a family. The default parent is the one who is first in line when it comes to taking responsibility for parenting duties, whether that means making doctor’s appointments, ensuring the homework is done, or making sure the child has enough socks to make it through the week.

Being the default parent can lead to fatigue and burnout, and the parent can experience incredible anxiety when their attention turns away from the household or family. The situation is even worse when the default parent’s partner only does the bare minimum. Unfortunately, in American society, fathers are often the parents who do just enough to get by and are praised for it.

A nanny’s Swedish culture shock

The notion that men don’t have to pull their equal weight in American family life is so ingrained that when Emma Hughes, a nanny from Maine with over one year of experience in childcare and family support, arrived in Sweden, she experienced extreme........

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