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The only book that gives you an actionable plan to reduce the emotional labor and mental load that comes with raising a busy family while trying to live your own lifefrom a clinical psychologist and bestselling author

Are you a mom who does it all? This is the book for you.

Its impossible to denymost moms continue to do way more household work and childcare than most dads. Working full time, raising kids, cooking dinner, making sure every appointment and activity is lined up and that everyone gets there on time... no wonder youre tired! But despite all the books and articles lamenting the crushing mental load and emotional labor women bear for their families, no one has come up with a plan to actually make things change. Until now.

The Best Moms Dont Do it All is the first book that not only acknowledges the fact that moms are burning out, but shows you how to transfer responsibility for daily tasks from yourself to your partner and also (gasp!) your kids. Clinical psychologist and child discipline expert Thomas W. Phelan, PhD explains how we got into this mess in the first place, and how we can get out of it through a calm, systematic approach to teaching our families how to take initiative and contribute in meaningful ways. Dr. Phelan walks you through real-life situations and shows you how to step back from the things that are dragging you down. For example:

  • Your Maternal Identitythe things you tell yourself you have to do in order to be a good mom
  • The oppressive trap of chronic supervision
  • Our societys curious underestimation of childrens capabilities
  • How to eliminate primary childcare with tweens and teens
  • How to manage resistant or traditionalist dads
  • Realistic and simple enough to implement in your home right away, The Best Moms Dont Do it All provides a roadmap for you to take your life back and proves that the happiest families share the work and the fun equally.

    *Previously published as The Manager Mom Epidemic*

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    Originally published as The Manager Mom Epidemic in 2019 by Sourcebooks.

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    CONTENTS

    INTRODUCTION Do You Feel Like the Family Nag Do you enjoy being the family - photo 3

    INTRODUCTION

    Do You Feel Like the Family Nag?

    Do you enjoy being the family nag? Im sure you dont. But over the course of forty years working with families, Ive observed a huge number of mothers (both those who work outside the home and those who dont) who spend most of their time every day managing the logistics of their familiesshopping for and cooking meals, cleaning up, helping with homework, scheduling appointments, reminding their children and husbands to go to those appointments It seems never-ending. Why do these moms take on all this work? Because they feel like if they dont do it, no one willand the day-to-day functioning of the family will fall apart.

    Does this sound like you? If so, youve come to the right place. Many American families are living with a condition I call the Manager Mom Syndrome, which is just what I described above: a household run almost exclusively by Mom. Why is that a bad thing? Well, Mom is tired. Mom is overwhelmed. Mom has her own life to live, and maybe she would like to do something with her free time other than attend to the details of her family members lives. And the truth is that the best moms dont do it all.

    Before we go any further, I must acknowledge that not every American family consists of the mom/dad/kids framework I use as the basis of this book. Many families are run by single parents. Many others are run by two women or by two men. Many families are formed through adoption, fertility assistance, or some other plan other than biological conception between two married, heterosexual adults. The diversity of the families in our country is something to be recognized and celebrated, and I hope that every type of parent finds something useful to take away from The Best Moms Don't Do It All . The content of this book is driven by normative data of large populations, which overwhelmingly shows that families headed by heterosexual parents fall into a pattern in which the woman handles the majority of the daily responsibilities. Much has been written in the past several years about the mental load or emotional labor that is borne by mothers, and this book is a contribution to that conversation. If you are a father who finds himself shouldering the majority of the burden, or you are in a same-sex relationship, I hope the concepts and takeaways of this book help you create a happier, more equal family, and that the language used throughout for convenience doesnt stand in the way of the benefits this book strives to provide.

    So, what is the Manager Mom Syndrome? It is an unwitting conspiracy between Mom, Dad, and the kids, who all believe that, in general, if the work of running the household is going to get done now and get done right , Mom has to do it. The good news is that this belief isnt true, and the happiest families share the work and the fun equally without too much of the burden falling onto any single person.

    So if youre tired of being the one who always schedules the dentist appointments, buys presents for birthday parties, and handles the emotional labor of remembering, planning, scheduling, reminding (and reminding again), its time to fire Manager Mom. Lets get started!

    What Does the Manager Mom Syndrome Feel Like?

    Ella: Im so tired! I have to do everything by myself. I was up till eleven last night doing laundry, and that was after getting the kids to bed. My husband likes his alone time at night after working all day.

    Hailey: Its 9:15 a.m. on a Saturday morning. Hailey has been up since 5:30 a.m. entertaining and feeding her two kids, two-month-old Carter and fourteen-month-old Owen. Husband Grant is still asleep, snoring peacefully. Hailey resolves that next week she is going to find more time for herself, one way or another. Will her husband want breakfast when he gets up? Why cant he get his own?

    Aubrey: At least sixty times per day, Aubrey wonders whether or not she is a good mother. She remembers hearing a speaker once who mentioned a concept known as total motherhood. This was the idea that all the responsibilities for child-rearing rested solely on the shoulders of the mother of the house. Aubrey feels thats the way things are in her home. She has one child, five-year-old Taylor, but her husband spends time with the child only on the weekends, and thats mainly engaging in fun activitiesnot the childcare basics such as bathing, dressing, feeding, and so on.

    Abigail: Id love to go out at night, but I cant imagine just being gone from home for three hours straight. And I can tell you this, Id feel really funny just announcing that Im leaving the house for a long time for the sole purpose of hanging out with a friend.

    Kylie: Kylie is hunkered down at a motel just eight miles from her home. She told her family she was taking a week off and going on strike. She left her husband, eight-year-old daughter, and twelve-year-old son at home to fend for themselves. Kylie explained, while trying to suppress her resentment, that she was tired of being what she called the family gopher. Cook, babysitter, laundromat manager, picker-upper, toilet scrubber, scheduler, chauffeuryou name it. Secretly, Kylie hopes the family will feel an appropriate sense of guilt, come to appreciate all the services Mom has offered, and change their ways when she returns from her vacation.

    Janelle: Friday is my laundry day. I get it started after I get home from work. Do you think the kidsand Dadcan take the time from their busy schedules to get their stuff down to the laundry room? Guess againno, dont think so. I nag and nag, which I dont enjoy, then half the time I have to get their dirty clothes myself.

    No One Is Happy

    Although you might think that Mom might be the only one upset about Manager Mom Syndrome, everyone in the family has issues with these Mom-directs-all scenarios. Kids dont like being told what to do all the time, and they become more uncooperative, forgetful, and resistant the more nagging they hear. (Psychologists sometimes call this passive-aggressive behavior.) Dad gets tired of listening to arguments between his spouse or partner and the children, and he tends to pull back andin some waysdisappear. How long does it take to read the sports page in the bathroom?

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