Briefly Noted: Parenting as a Class Act

When “good mothering” becomes a status signal, affluent families can curate a service bundle (housekeeping, childcare, night nurses, tutoring, drivers, meal kits, therapists), earning approval while paid help absorbs most of the hours.

Families with fewer resources get judged for not measuring up, and the invisible mental load still rests largely on mothers.

Among the wealthy, that load may shrink into logistics and staff management, but it’s rarely shared. Fathers often work c-suite schedules with no real boundary between office and home, making their absence part of the very system that demands outsourcing.

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