Lessons from a Default Parent

<p><b>THE <i>SUNDAY TIMES</i> BESTSELLER – What nobody tells you about parenthood, from one ‘silent partner’ behind the <i>Parenting Hell</i> podcast.<br><br>With a brand-new chapter charting the uprising of default parents everywhere!<br><br>––––––––––<br><br><i>'Funny, reflective and honest. Reading this book is like sitting down with your bestie for a proper mumlife debrief’ </i>– Giovanna Fletcher</b><br><br><b><i>‘More demanding than ‘hell’, this is parenting purgatory for authentic women who’ve put their lives on hold to be mummy’ </i>– Katherine Ryan</b><br><br><b><i>‘A brilliant, comforting and funny read for any default parent’ </i>– Ellie Taylor</b><br><br>––––––––––<br><br><b>What nobody tells you about parenthood, from one of the ‘silent partners’ behind the <i>Parenting Hell</i> podcast.<br><br>School-run coordinator, party planner, clubs organiser, laundry sorter… and maybe even a ‘real’ job on top! Sound exhaustingly familiar? </b><br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>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.</p>