"Automatic and Invisible"

One dad shares how he and wife moved through a common scenario:

"...no policy solution could have intervened in our situation. The variables were few and personal: two parents, two jobs, one sick kid....

It had seemed like a hassle, but it was the point that we do this negotiation. That's both the cost and the payoff of breaking out of the gender roles that make these decisions both automatic and invisible."

--- Two Parents, One Sick Kid by Alexis Madrigal