The birth or adoption of a child is known to influence the state and progression of a relationship. It is found the no matter how ‘equal’ a relationship maybe before children, the arrival of a child leads to an imbalance causing one partner to undertake the primary responsibility of the child. Couple therapist Esther Perel urges to deal with the imbalance caused by children by having pre-defined roles for each partner. Perel suggests to make one partner the frontline parent who takes care of the children and the other partner to be the caretaker of the relationship. That is, one partner makes sure the children’s needs are met, and the other parent makes sure that the needs of the couple are met. Is this a viable solution? How else can the needs of the relationship be met?
http://www.vogue.com/13358878/equality-in-parenting/
