Q&A #3: Why do you have to go to work?

<div class="ql-block" data-block-id="block-965c7579-3006-4e5a-baa5-9bcfbb930ff1">Listener Kelsey posted in the <a class="ql-link" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/2174808219425589" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Your Parenting Mojo Facebook community</a> a while ago asking how she should respond when her child asks: "Why does Daddy have to go to work?" She got some great answers from community members...and yet there was also a lot more to explore. I asked her to record her question so I could answer it in an episode, so here it is!</div> <div class="ql-block" data-block-id="block-43e68f82-7b2e-4866-92de-31efef08bfa6"> <div class="ql-block" data-block-id="block-0718d8b1-59a5-478f-9445-c3b1ef779681"></div> <div data-block-id="block-0718d8b1-59a5-478f-9445-c3b1ef779681"> &nbsp; <p class="ql-block" data-block-id="block-0d03788d-3e6f-4795-bae7-7a88db7c15eb"></p> </div> <div data-block-id="block-0718d8b1-59a5-478f-9445-c3b1ef779681"></div> <div data-block-id="block-9dab5952-699a-41d8-bff5-3c5acb7d8e57"></div> </div> <div data-block-id="block-43e68f82-7b2e-4866-92de-31efef08bfa6"></div> <div class="ql-block" data-block-id="block-7a0957a5-7dc4-4053-8066-7224f7ff0912">Of course, the issue of<em> Daddy</em> going to work has intersections with patriarchy as well...and many Your Parenting Mojo listeners of both/all genders work and probably hear this question from their children, so I adjusted the title of the episode a little.</div> <div class="ql-block" data-block-id="block-adafb990-9b25-4a32-a8ce-8b55a44497b8"> <div class="ql-block" data-block-id="block-0718d8b1-59a5-478f-9445-c3b1ef779681"></div> <div data-block-id="block-0718d8b1-59a5-478f-9445-c3b1ef779681"> &nbsp; <p class="ql-block" data-block-id="block-0d03788d-3e6f-4795-bae7-7a88db7c15eb"></p> </div> <div data-block-id="block-0718d8b1-59a5-478f-9445-c3b1ef779681"></div> <div data-block-id="block-9dab5952-699a-41d8-bff5-3c5acb7d8e57"></div> </div> <div data-block-id="block-adafb990-9b25-4a32-a8ce-8b55a44497b8"></div> <div class="ql-block" data-