Here we go.

My name is Todd.

And this is Kathy.

Welcome back to another episode of Zen Parenting Radio.

This is episode number 774.

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best predictor of a child's well-being is a parent's self-understanding on today's show um we are going to

address a topic we've addressed many many times but it keeps showing up which tells us tells me

that it's needed um i don't know what to call it because the name

keeps on moving from one thing to the next. Well, and everything's a little, little different. The

topic that I think we're going to be talking about is cognitive labor, and we've also called it

emotional labor and invisible labor. And they all have their own kind of vibe to

them. It doesn't mean that we're having a hard time sticking with one word. It's just evolving.

So emotional labor is investing in the feelings of, you know, everybody else and doing the

heavy lifting as far as our own emotions and our experiences with others.

Invisible labor is the actual doing of the things that nobody sees.

And then the cognitive labor is how we're maintaining all those lists in our minds.

And we know that we are the front line of defense when doing things.

So they all have a little different vibe to them.

Yeah, they have a different vibe, a ton of overlap, obviously, between the topics.

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