EP 010: Why Parents With Childcare Are Still Exhausted | Mental Load & Burnout
Hot Messes, Big VisionsShow Notes
But you have childcare… why are you still tired?” We got asked this recently and honestly, it stopped us in our tracks. In this episode of Hot Messes, Big Visions, we unpack why having childcare doesn’t magically make parenting easy, why so many parents still feel exhausted even with support, and how modern parenting has quietly turned tiredness into a personal failure. Spoiler: it’s not. We talk about: Why childcare doesn’t cancel mental load (or emotional labour)
The pressure of mini mum “girl gangs” and comparison culture
Why parents are still everything to everyone — even after school and daycare drop-off
How we turn any spare capacity into more responsibility (hello degrees, side hustles, and “I’ll just do one more thing”)
And why being tired doesn’t mean you’re doing parenting wrong — it means you’re carrying a lot
This isn’t a clapback. It’s a very real, very honest chat between friends, the kind where you laugh, nod, and think oh thank god it’s not just me. If you’re tired even with help, you’re not failing. Parenting doesn’t get easy when you get support, it gets honest. Find your village at: TheVillageCo.nz Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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