85. Lisa Patterson on Reinventing Parenting Gender Norms

In this episode, Keltie is joined by friend, Lisa Patterson, who shares how her and her partner are navigating parenting roles in a way that goes against traditional norms. Hear Keltie and Lisa discuss...

• How Lisa made the decision to become a parent, despite it not having been a part of her life's "success criteria"
• How she and her partner have communicated about and negotiated their respective parenting roles
• The way others have responded to Lisa and Andy's role reversal of "primary" and "secondary" parent
• The perks of raising a child outside of the U.S.
• The tension between and trouble fitting the all-or-nothing categories of "mom" vs. "career woman".

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