The "time" thing rings very, very true. I haven't climbed for months now, because I'm either on baby-duty or doing paid work :/ I keep meaning to try to arrange more of a System, probably revolving around getting my mum to babysit when she's up here, but it keeps not happening. Bah.
It does, as ever, sadden me though that this is about climbing *mothers*, not climbing *parents*. She's right that statistically more parenting burden falls on women, and she's right that for both partners in most families time becomes heavily squeezed (it's not like my co-parent partner does any climbing either!), but a "confessions of a climbing dad" piece would, if it was of considered interesting enough to publish at all, I think read quite differently :/
Yep, I'm sure it would. The people I know who are parents, it does seem to have an effect more on the women's spare time than the mans. I thought the article was interesting.
I see both men and women in the gym with their children, and it is very clear that with the men they come in to play with their children. The women come in with older children who are climbing themselves. You don't see women with really young children there.
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It does, as ever, sadden me though that this is about climbing *mothers*, not climbing *parents*. She's right that statistically more parenting burden falls on women, and she's right that for both partners in most families time becomes heavily squeezed (it's not like my co-parent partner does any climbing either!), but a "confessions of a climbing dad" piece would, if it was of considered interesting enough to publish at all, I think read quite differently :/
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I see both men and women in the gym with their children, and it is very clear that with the men they come in to play with their children. The women come in with older children who are climbing themselves. You don't see women with really young children there.