Division of Labor
For me one of the hard parts about deciding to stay home after having a baby was knowing that I would be reinforcing traditional gender roles. This is coming from a person who normally doesn’t mind cooking or cleaning and certainly loves being the primary caregiver for our two small children. Don’t get me wrong - I wouldn’t change a thing and am grateful that we have the choice in the first place. And now with Ballhype, I don’t have to worry about that part of my brain going soft or dealing with a gap in my resume.
Our son’s view of the normal state of the Gurney household is that Daddy works (now upstairs) and that Mommy takes care of him and his sister. Never mind that Jason makes considerable effort to spend quality time with the kids or that I work on Ballhype when they’re asleep. Our children have no idea that I do anything other than take care of them. That’s fine — they’re 2.5 years old and 10 months old, after all. Tonight, however, I was trying to wash our son’s face as he looked at a book and he twisted away and said, “Mommy … [pause while he tried to think of something to distract me] clean kitchen!” I laughed, but it made me realize that after things settle down a bit after launch, we really do need to mix up more of the jobs around here.
Posted by Erin 
29.Mar.07
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