"The Peacock limited series "All Her Fault" about a playdate gone wrong has elicited a major response from moms who find it both triggering and validating to see their everyday experiences appear onscreen. Peacock is owned by TODAY's parent company NBCUniversal. "I'm the default parent and you're the substitute," Dakota Fanning says to her onscreen husband. "It's not equal. It's never equal.""
"Neha Ruch, a mom and author who is rebranding stay-at-home motherhood, defines a "default parent" as "the person who oversees all the nuanced work - intellectually, emotionally, logistically - that keeps everything running to expectation in a household. They're the delegator, the keeper of the knowledge." In most heteronormative relationships, the default parent is most often the mother. In fact, the default parent role is more closely linked to gender rather than income."
"According to a 2023 study from the Pew Research Center, women's income has been steadily increasing through the years - and it is equal to men's income in 29% of marriages - yet the way men and women divide their leisure hours is still unbalanced. The only time women are not spending more of their free time on caregiving tasks than men is when they are the primary breadwinners ... and even then, they are spending the same amount of time on household chores."
The Peacock limited series All Her Fault portrays a playdate gone wrong and has prompted strong responses from mothers who find the depiction both triggering and validating. Dakota Fanning's character labels herself the "default parent" and confronts unequal division of time and labor with her husband. Neha Ruch defines the default parent as the household point person who manages nuanced intellectual, emotional and logistical work. The default parent role is often occupied by women and correlates more closely with gender than income. Pew Research Center data show women's incomes have risen, but leisure and caregiving time remain imbalanced. Other contemporary shows and films also portray messy, strained motherhood.
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