Division of Labor & Mental Load with Allison Daminger

Best of Both Worlds Podcast

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Kids & Family, Careers, Business

4.6 • 761 Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Allison Daminger is a PhD candidate in sociology and social policy at Harvard, and in this fascinating episode she shares her insights and research findings she's had so far while studying this hot topic. Before her interview segment, Laura and Sarah do a back and forth exchange about which tasks go to which parent in each household. In the Q&A, a listener writes in about her difficulties keeping a consistent childcare provider.

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0:00.0	Once upon a time, Amazon Music met audiobooks and listeners everywhere rejoiced.
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0:28.4	listening. Terms apply. Hi, this is Laura Vanderkamp. I'm a mother of five, an author, journalist,
0:37.9	and speaker. And this is Sarah Hart Unger. I'm a mother of five, an author, journalist, and speaker.
0:43.9	And this is Sarah Hart Unger. I'm a mother of three, a practicing physician, and blogger on the side.
0:49.2	We are two working parents who love our careers and our families. Welcome to Best of Both Worlds.
0:55.1	Here we talk about how real women manage work, family, and time for fun. From figuring out child care to mapping out long-term career goals, we want you to get the most out of life.
1:02.3	Welcome to Best of Both Worlds. This is Laura. This is episode 209, which is airing in early
1:09.7	August of 2021. Sarah is doing a great interview for this episode on the
1:15.0	topic of mental load. So we're looking forward to that. Can you just tell us really quickly
1:20.0	about our guests, Sarah? Yeah, Allison is a PhD Kennedy, so she's not finished with her research. And she's a sociology PhD. And this is
1:31.3	the topic that she decided to delve into. So we had a fascinating conversation. And I'm sure you
1:36.3	will all enjoy it. And it kind of inspired my idea. I kind of joked with her that like part of her
1:41.8	work was doing multiple conversations with different couples.
1:47.8	And I was like, I bet you get to a point where you can guess what they're all going to say.
1:52.2	And they all think their story is very unique, but like, it's like kind of like, duh.
1:58.5	Anyway, so then I was like, well, maybe me and Laura can, let's see if we have the exact same, I don't know,
2:04.5	division of labor, mental load split on a few key items. Because what she did is she asked about many, many, many, many items, many, far more than we're going to
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