Practical advice for modern dads

Jun 18, 2026 · 20 min

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0:01This is NPR's Life Kit.
0:03I'm Marielle Sagatwa.
0:07LifeKit reporter Andy Tagel.
0:09Hi.
0:09Hi, Marielle.
0:10Good morning.
0:11One of your favorite topics, I feel like, on LifeKit is the mental load.
0:15What does it mean?
0:17The mental load.
0:18The mental load is so many things.
0:21It's sometimes called invisible labor.
0:24It's all that behind the scenes, thinking, planning, organizing, executing.
0:31It's everything it takes to keep a household running.
0:35And oftentimes it falls on one person more than the other.
0:39Yeah, I feel like when we talk about the mental load, we're often talking about women and moms.
0:46Why is that?
0:47Because, you know, in aggregate, that's what the data shows.
0:51You know, in most heterosexual relationships, it's the female that takes on the lion's share of the work.
0:58Because, you know, socialization.
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