Are you the default parent? Chances are the answer is yes - the one your kids ask for everything, or the one carrying the administrative mental load.

Tegan and Annaliese have conducted investigative research and discovered that being the default parent could actually have some adverse side effects on your relationship and your mental health and it's time we talk about it.

Plus, Sarah Marie is back to addresses a very relatable problem about splitting the load on the return to work but warning - this one comes with very little empathy.

And, we hear from a parent of a special needs child about how she is making dinner inclusive for the whole family on this week's Dinner Time.

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CREDITS:

Host: Tegan Natoli, Annaliese Todd & Sarah Marie Fahd 

Producer: Grace Rouvray

Audio Producer: Lu Hill

Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.