Lessons from a Default Parent

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• Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Incorporated
• Published: 2026
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 240
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9780241762912
• Weight: 0.567 kg
• Synopsis:

  'More demanding than 'hell', this is parenting purgatory for authentic women who've put their lives on hold to be mummy' - Katherine Ryan

  'A brilliant, comforting, and funny read for any default parent' - Ellie Taylor
  'A fun and funny polemic on something deadly serious' - Sara Pascoe
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  What nobody tells you about parenthood, from one of the 'silent partners' behind the Parenting Hell podcast.
  
  School-run coordinator, party planner, clubs organiser, laundry sorter... and maybe even a 'real' job on top! Sound exhaustingly familiar?
  
  From assumptions surrounding who is going to stay at home with the kids to the never-ending list of 'school' admin, being 'the default parent' rears its head in a plethora of ways.
  
  This book is for all the defaults out there - bored out of their eyeballs or so overwhelmed they could scream expletives into the wind for a solid hour - to know their invisible labour is seen and valued.
  
  With heartfelt and hilarious advice, Lou Beckett provides much-needed comfort and community for the one who is depended on the most (and often feels appreciated the least), and maybe - just maybe - how we can begin to rebalance the parenting scales and muddle through a little better, together.