Thanks to COVID-19, the era of 'secret parenting' is over - Business Insider

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The era of 'secret parenting' is over

, undoubtedly leaving working parents in a sudden lurch.

In our household, "secret parenting" meant I watched the kids and managed the house by myself while my husband gave it his all at the office. I finished assignments on my phone from the pediatrician's office and Skyped with students while I distracted my toddler with screen time. Yesterday my husband participated in a Zoom meeting wearing a firefighter costume, our two children as well as a neighbor's toddler screaming gleefully in the background. My life has changed a lot in the past seven months.Instead of taking my once invisible labor for granted, Arran works from home and so we are better able to share the load — and it's impossible to hide from his employers, just as parenthood has been impossible to hide from mine.

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Boo hoo. People have been making sacrifices for their children for eons. No one owes you a trophy for being a parent. Suck it up and get on with it.

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