I saw this and I thought it could be interesting for generating discussion here.

https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20210518-the-hidden-load-how-thinking-of-everything-holds-mums-back

What do you think of the article?

Do you think this mental/emotional load is part and parcel of the roles we have chosen?

Do you think some of this comes from our hectic modern pressures, or do you think it is something wives and mothers have always had to do?

How do you balance these loads in your household, or do you not feel the need to share them? What would your ideal division of these tasks be?

What do you think of the suggestion in the article that women are judged more harshly on their homes and childrearing than men? Who do you think is the primary source of that judgement?

How do you think the pandemic affected your household in terms of the mental and emotional load you have?