I am grateful for my wife's emotional labor in how she... - Managed our daughter's emotional distress over potty issues while she was also trying to get some work done in the home office - Explained to me how my exasperated tone while I was trying to reduce her cognitive labor actually added to her emotional load and made her feel guilty for stepping away to get work done - Stayed with the children through lunch while she could have left to work in the office because she could sense that they were unsettled and needed her presence to feel grounded - Stayed with my daughter by the pool during swim lessons so that she felt more confident to participate

First post! I'm grateful that Rachel procured and managed the kids' costumes in preparation for last night, thought about the schedule change for my son 's specialist appointment next week and what that entailed from us for it to be kept, is spearheading the emotional load of my son's possible change in preschools, and took the primary role in managing our daughter 's big feelings about Halloween.