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Lou Beckett: Being the default parent, invisible labour, and losing yourself in motherhood
This week’s guest is Lou Beckett, author of the Sunday Times bestselling book Lessons From A Default Parent.
Fans of the Parenting Hell podcast will be very familiar with Lou, thanks to husband Rob Beckett mentioning her lots, but this time Lou is firmly in the spotlight in her own right.
In her debut book, Lou explores the reality of being the “default parent” - the one who carries the invisible admin, the mental load, and the assumption of responsibility that very often falls to mums. We talk about what the term default parent actually means, why it happens (even in relationships with “one…
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