How Much Housework Should A Fathe...
How Much Housework Should A Father Do? We Chat Domestic Load & How It Should Be Split
Becoming Both by Marley Blunt
S3 · E13
Jun 30, 2026
51:16
Episode notes

Hi friends!

After an unexpected three-week break, we're back! In this episode of Becoming Both, I convince Tyron to join me with about five minutes' notice before we head off to Bali for a family holiday.

We start with a little life update.. how we're surviving winter, finally getting a little more sleep, Sophie's determined personality, and the reminder that every stage of parenting is just that: a season.

From there, we dive into a conversation that comes up in almost every family at some point: the mental load.

We chat openly about how we divide responsibilities in our own home (we'd probably call it a 60/40 split), what has worked for us, and where we've had to learn along the way. We explore why it's often not the big jobs that create resentment, but the constant stream of invisible tasks that keep a househol ... 

Keywords
Mental Load
Domestic Load
Equal Partnership