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Lessons from a Default Parent

Lessons from a Default Parent

by Lou Beckett

£18.99
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Pages: 240

Format: Hardback
£18.99 SKU: 9780241762912
ISBN:: 9780241762912
Width: 145.0
Height: 224.0
Author bio

<b>Lou Beckett </b>is a mother of two, ex-secondary school teacher, and wife to Rob Beckett. The (mostly) silent participant of the incredibly successful <i>Parenting Hell</i> podcast (spoken about, not to, except for the occasional 'right to reply' episodes), she can speak about the similarly 'silent' issues: default parenting, emotional labour, and managing the mental load of parenthood. Her popular blog post, <i>A Very Long Whinge</i>, prompted many 'me too' moments from parents.

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What nobody tells you about parenthood, from one of the 'silent partners' behind the Parenting Hell podcast.

School-run coordinator, party planner, clubs organiser, laundry sorter' and maybe even a 'real' job on top! Sound exhaustingly familiar?


From assumptions surrounding who is going to stay at home with the kids to the never-ending list of school admin, being 'the default parent' rears its head in a plethora of ways.

This book is for all the defaults out there ' bored out of their eyeballs or so overwhelmed they could scream expletives into the wind for a solid hour ' to know their invisible labour is seen and valued.

With heartfelt and hilarious advice, Lou Beckett provides much-needed comfort and community for the one who is depended on the most (and often feels appreciated the least), and maybe ' just maybe ' how we can begin to rebalance the parenting scales and muddle through a little better, together.

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