Hey, it is Zoe and welcome to this episode of The Motherkind podcast, the show that is going to help you navigate the massive challenges of life as a modern mother with more self-compassion, confidence and connection.

You are going to love this week's episode. It is with Paul Morgan

Bentley, author of The Equal Parent. So Paul and his husband Robin welcomed a baby via

surrogate three years ago and lying away one night after struggling to put his newborn son

back to sleep, Paul found himself

desperately scrolling for parenting advice for new fathers. But soon Paul picked up on a really

clear, recurring narrative that compared to mums, dads were useless. He said he got fed up with all the

praise he was getting for being at

doctor's appointments, playgroups, health visitor appointments, which of course is all

expected of mothers. So, as a journalist in his day job, Paul dived into the research to understand

why. Why is it still so unequal when it comes to caregiving for our children? Is it biology?

Is it society? Or is it something else? We answer all that. And so much more in this episode,

I have a feeling you are going to love it. I personally found it really illuminating. And the more and more work that I do

supporting and empowering mothers, the more I realize that it's only so much we can do alone.

We need roles to change. We need gender expectations to change. We need family setups to change.

And I feel like this episode is such

a powerful example of why that is. So please do share it with your partner, if you have one.

Leave a review on iTunes. It does make a massive difference to the number of people that we can reach together.

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