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Women Are Not Leaving the Workforce
Women are being systemically pushed out by policy decisions and double standards.
Oct 3 • 
Kelsey Baker
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Can He Change?
Shifting the mental load and creating equity at home.
Oct 1 • 
Kelsey Baker
3

September 2025

What Parents Deserve
Our government is failing our kids, and it's failing us.
Sep 26 • 
Kelsey Baker
2
Making Time
How I structure my life to have 20 hours of free time every week.
Sep 24 • 
Kelsey Baker
4
Everything always works out when someone else is handling it
What mental load imbalance at home has to do with political apathy.
Sep 19 • 
Kelsey Baker
5
Was my $50K pay cut a personal choice or the motherhood penalty?
When I was on maternity leave with our second son, I worried almost every day about returning to work.
Sep 17 • 
Kelsey Baker
5
The Mental Load of Parenting in America
Breaking News: It's Too Much
Sep 16 • 
Kelsey Baker
3
We Have to Be Able to Talk to Each Other
The division is killing us.
Sep 11 • 
Kelsey Baker
3
The Case for Running Your Household Like a Workplace
Imagine starting a new job where no one tells you what your responsibilities are.
Sep 3 • 
Kelsey Baker
4

August 2025

Mom FOMO: the Fear of Missing Out on Our Kids
We all know about FOMO, the fear of missing out.
Aug 25 • 
Kelsey Baker
3
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Raising Kids Is a Public Service
We should start treating it like one.
Aug 18 • 
Kelsey Baker
7
3
The Kitchen Ceiling
We should expect from men at home what we expect from women at work.
Aug 12 • 
Kelsey Baker
4
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