The Mental Health Project is a Seattle Times initiative focused on covering mental and behavioral health issues. It is funded by Ballmer Group, a national organization focused on economic mobility for children and families. The Seattle Times maintains editorial control over work produced by this team.

I recently had my first baby and am finding myself in a new position: taking care of a tiny human being, getting way less sleep than I ever have and navigating going back to work. My partner and I have had to find ways to share the load of these extra responsibilities, with the knowledge that it is impossible for them to be exactly “equal.”

If you, too, are responsible for caring for another human and you feel like you are failing on all fronts, you are not alone. The nuclear family is a se

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