Hey, welcome back. It is Sarah and Whitney and you know it's the preview alliance

podcast so we're gonna touch on a term today that resonates in your soul.

That just...

We'll explain more what text message I just got,

but we will say default parenting.

Yeah. Whitney, what is a default parent?

A default parent is the parent who automatically,

without anything being said 90% of the time is the one to take off of work

when your child gets sick and to stay with them while they are sick. They are the ones

that daycare or school calls when said child is sick. They are the ones that daycare or school calls when said child is sick.

They are the ones that make all of the doctor, dentist, appointments, and anything else.

They are 90% of the time the advocate for said child having to figure things out and

navigate things should you need extra resources, shall we say? And we are the ones who more often than not get up in the middle of the night when the child starts crying.

Yes, in the problem solvers.

Oh, absolutely.

And we are the ones where all the questions get directed to the kids even though another parent may be right there

Runs to I'm hungry. I need a snack. Where is this this mom I mean we could be in the shower and those tiny hands find us

Using the restroom. Yeah

There is no such thing as privacy.

No, no, it's all pilot.

I will say this.

I had a kidney stone a couple weeks back.

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