Although Bouwhuis is back at paid work again now, he’s still the primary caregiver at least one or two days a week. For his family, this division of labour makes sense. He says his wife tends to have "more of that drive to go out and work". Even so, he sometimes finds himself battling the messaging he was brought up with: "I just feel like I should be the breadwinner, and I should go out and work [full time]."
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