What is *Fair Play* by Eve Rodsky about?

*Fair Play* by Eve Rodsky offers a gamified system to help couples equitably divide domestic responsibilities using 100 task cards and four rules. The book addresses the "invisible work" often shouldered by women, providing tools to redistribute household labor, prioritize family values, and reclaim personal time for creativity (termed "Unicorn Space").

Who should read *Fair Play*?

*Fair Play* is ideal for couples, parents, or partners struggling with imbalanced household duties. It’s also valuable for anyone seeking strategies to reduce domestic conflict, improve time management, or foster equality in relationships.

Is *Fair Play* worth reading?

Yes—*Fair Play* provides actionable solutions backed by organizational principles, making it a standout guide for achieving fairness at home. Reese Witherspoon’s endorsement and its status as a *New York Times* bestseller highlight its cultural relevance.

What are the four rules of the Fair Play system?

1. **All time is created equal**: No partner’s time is more valuable. 2. **Reclaim your right to be interesting**: Prioritize personal growth and “Unicorn Space.” 3. **Start where you are now**: Assess current responsibilities without judgment. 4. **Establish values and standards**: Define expectations for each task.

How does the Fair Play card system work?

Couples divide 100 task cards (e.g., laundry, homework) by assigning full ownership of each chore—from planning to execution. Cards are “dealt” based on strengths, time availability, and priorities, with weekly “re-deals” to adapt to changing needs.

What is “Unicorn Space” in *Fair Play*?

“Unicorn Space” refers to time dedicated to cultivating personal passions and creativity, essential for individual fulfillment. Rodsky argues this space is critical to avoiding burnout and maintaining identity beyond domestic roles.

How does *Fair Play* address emotional labor?

The system requires task owners to handle all aspects of a responsibility, including mental labor (e.g., remembering birthdays). This prevents one partner from bearing the “invisible work” of planning and delegation.

What are common criticisms of *Fair Play*?

Some may find the card system overly structured or time-consuming to implement. Critics note it requires ongoing communication and flexibility, which may challenge couples resistant to systematizing household duties.

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"Fair Play" rivoluziona le dinamiche domestiche con un approccio basato su un gioco di carte per dividere il lavoro domestico. Approvato da Reese Witherspoon, questo sistema affronta la modalità "she-fault" in cui le donne si fanno carico del lavoro invisibile. Vuoi riprenderti il tuo "Unicorn Space"? Scopri perché i terapeuti raccomandano questo schema salva-relazioni.

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Capitolo 1

When Domestic Inequality Becomes Too Much to Bear

"I want to be that man," whispered Jessica, pointing to a passenger across the airplane aisle. Unlike her and her cousin Eve Rodsky, who were frantically juggling phone calls about forgotten soccer practices and satellite dish installations while boarding, this man sat unencumbered with nothing but his laptop. Throughout the flight, he worked on a presentation, napped, watched a movie, and solved math puzzles-all with singular focus. The stark contrast was undeniable: he enjoyed a luxury these women couldn't imagine-the freedom to focus on one task at a time. This moment of clarity sparked what would become a revolutionary approach to domestic inequality. Fair Play, championed by celebrities like Reese Witherspoon (who acquired film rights) and featured in Time Magazine, has transformed countless relationships by addressing the fundamental imbalance in modern households-where women shoulder the invisible burden of domestic life while men remain blissfully unaware.

Capitolo 2

The Curse of the "She-fault" Parent

It all started with a text about forgotten blueberries. Eve Rodsky was sitting in her car, overwhelmed with work calls and childcare logistics, when her husband Seth texted about missing blueberries for their son's snack. This seemingly minor oversight triggered an emotional breakdown that forced her to question how she-once a successful foundation manager-had become reduced to tears over grocery items. The pattern was familiar. Despite growing up watching her single mother struggle with overwhelming domestic responsibilities and vowing to create an equal partnership in her own marriage, Eve had fallen into the same trap. Before children, she and Seth shared household duties equitably. But after their first child, everything changed. Seth returned to work after one week while Eve took three months of maternity leave, inadvertently establishing her as the "she-fault" parent-the one who handled all domestic tasks by default. Even after returning to work, Eve found herself drowning in what experts call the "mental load" (constantly tracking family tasks), the "second shift" (unpaid domestic work before and after paid work), "emotional labor" (maintaining relationships and managing emotions), and countless forms of "invisible work" that keep families functioning. Despite decades of feminist writing on domestic inequality since the 1940s, research confirms women still do the bulk of childcare and housework-even in families where both parents work full-time. The breaking point came during a breast cancer awareness walk when Eve and her friends received dozens of texts and calls from husbands unable to manage basic childcare tasks without them. As they abandoned their rare moment of freedom to handle these requests, Eve had an epiphany: "Visibility = Value." Her husband couldn't value work he couldn't see. Like a woman possessed, Eve created a list called "Sh*t I Do"-documenting every single time-consuming task she performed for their family. When she triumphantly emailed this comprehensive list to Seth, his response was a single monkey-covering-eyes emoji. She realized lists alone don't work; systems do. Drawing on her organizational-management expertise, she developed Fair Play-a game-like system with four rules and 100 cards representing household tasks, each getting dealt strategically between partners with explicit expectations and transparency.

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Capitolo 3

The Hidden Costs of Invisible Labor

The toll of women's mental load extends far beyond daily frustration. For partnerships, it creates exhaustion, resentment, and resignation. Women report wanting to escape, feeling anger toward their husbands, and believing they're permanently trapped in caretaking roles. For identity, mothers lose connection to their pre-parent selves while drowning in childcare minutiae. Career-wise, the "mommy tax" reduces mothers' earning power by 5-10% per child as they become the default for handling household emergencies. For wellness, women rate their stress levels at 8.5/10 and are twice as likely to suffer anxiety disorders than men. Finally, society loses valuable talent as 43% of highly qualified women with children take career detours, despite women earning the majority of undergraduate and graduate degrees. As Jessica Valenti writes, "It's not motherhood that derails women's careers-it's men who refuse to do their fair share." The problem persists despite social progress, with UN reports showing modern women still doing nearly three times as much unpaid work as men. This gendered division begins in childhood and persists through adulthood, with women's domestic work being systematically devalued compared to traditionally male occupations. When women share their "Sh*t I Do" lists with partners, many men respond with disinterest or defensiveness. Even when men take on tasks, they often require reminders and praise, which creates additional mental labor for women. As Rodsky puts it, "reminding and praising is the daily work of parenting children, not partnering with husbands." The author distinguishes between delegating tasks and transferring true ownership. Having to remind a partner to do something doesn't remove it from a woman's mental load but actually adds to it. Worse, this reminding is often unfairly labeled as "nagging"-which men cite as what they hate most about marriage, while simultaneously admitting they wait for their wives to tell them what to do. True ownership means the person remembers to plan, plans, and follows through without reminders.

Capitolo 4

All Time Is Created Equal

The first fundamental rule of Fair Play recognizes that all time-regardless of who it belongs to-has equal value. Through "The Case of the Drunk Guy's Jacket," Rodsky illustrates how men's time is often treated as finite and valuable (like diamonds) while women's time is treated as infinite (like sand). This unequal valuation creates an unfair distribution of domestic labor, with studies showing women pick up over two hours of additional childcare daily after having children, while men add just 40 minutes. Rodsky identifies ten toxic time messages that undermine equality in relationships. These include "Time is money" (valuing paid work over unpaid labor), "You don't work" (dismissing stay-at-home parents' contributions), "Outsource or get more help" (ignoring the time required to manage help), and "I'll help when I can" (allowing one partner to choose when to contribute while the other handles time-sensitive daily grinds). Women often take on imbalanced domestic loads because they've internalized toxic messaging. Rodsky confesses she made her return to full-time work "seamless" for her family by arranging childcare and modifying her schedule while never asking her husband to alter his. Looking back, she questions her reasoning: "Was I nuts?" Many women believe they're superior multitaskers who can handle domestic responsibilities better and faster than their partners. However, Dr. Pat Levitt, a neurogenetics expert, confirms there's no research proving women are better multitaskers than men. In fact, multitasking is detrimental for everyone because our brains aren't built to handle multiple complex tasks simultaneously. Women do more domestic work not because of biological advantages but because of cultural conditioning they've internalized. The "I'll just do it myself" approach backfires, as behavioral economist Dan Ariely explains: "Saving time now is making it harder to share the work in the future." Rather than thinking short-term (completing a task quickly yourself because you know how), couples should consider long-term goals. If you want to eventually share responsibility, you must invest time today teaching your partner the process.

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Capitolo 5

Reclaiming Your Right to Be Interesting

The second rule of Fair Play encourages women to rediscover their identities beyond domestic responsibilities. Rodsky shares Ellen's story-a woman who gave up her interior design business at her wealthy husband's suggestion that "it's not worth it." For fifteen years, Ellen managed their household flawlessly, but her marriage ultimately unraveled. When asked why, Ellen explained, "I lost my permission to be interesting." She had disengaged from interests beyond motherhood, fading into the background of her own life. Despite what husbands might express overtly ("just quit your job"), they desperately want their partners to have interests beyond the home. Bill lamented about his wife Josie: "I married a fearless, vibrant woman. And then one day, I just didn't recognize her anymore." Rodsky introduces the concept of "Unicorn Space"-the rare, magical, and essential time needed to pursue interests that make you uniquely you. This space doesn't magically appear but must be demanded from your partner, family, and yourself. After having children, many lose their identity beyond parenting roles. Rodsky notes that 59% of mothers report being "most strongly" defined by motherhood, with many even signing emails as "#braydensmom." While motherhood is important, this singular identity comes at a cost. Women interviewed by sociologist Orna Donath described "fading away" and "disappearing" despite loving their children. As Emma told Rodsky, "Being a mom feels necessary, but not sufficient for me." When Rodsky asked men if they were proud of their wives, they initially responded with praise for their mothering skills. But when asked specifically about pride beyond parenting roles, men whose wives maintained their Unicorn Space immediately identified those passions as sources of pride. Conversely, men whose wives had abandoned personal passions struggled to answer, often referencing past accomplishments-what Rodsky calls "The Case of the She Used To's." Importantly, Unicorn Space isn't just for the wealthy. Rodsky shares examples of people with various occupations who found time for passions without changing their job status: Carrie the bank teller playing bass guitar, Jeff the teacher surfing on weekends, Ana the postal worker volunteering as a firefighter, and Joseph the factory worker taking karate with his daughter.

Capitolo 6

Starting Where You Are Now

The third rule of Fair Play emphasizes that progress requires understanding your current situation through three fundamental questions: "Who am I? Who am I really in a relationship with? And what is my specific intention for playing the game?" Regardless of your personality type, you have the power to be a game changer in your marriage. When women object to taking on responsibility for change when they "already do everything else," Rodsky introduces Dr. Phyllis Cohen's perspective: "It all starts with a game changer. Only one person has to initiate change to proactively change the entire system." Rodsky identifies four main personality types based on how many Fair Play cards women currently hold. The New Superwoman holds at least 60 cards while working full-time outside the home. The Accidental Traditionalist also holds 60+ cards but works part-time or stays home, having unintentionally fallen into traditional gender roles. The Intentional Traditionalist willingly holds 60+ cards, finding joy in homemaking. The Collaborator holds fewer than 60 cards and has a partner who shares domestic responsibilities fairly. Partner types include "One Step Forward, Two Steps Back" (well-intentioned but struggles with planning and execution, often saying "It's easier if you just tell me what to do") and "More Than Most" (partners who already value time equally and execute tasks without making you feel they're doing you a favor). After identifying personality types, couples must clarify their intention for changing the domestic dynamic. Rodsky quotes Oprah: "Intention is one with cause and effect. Intention determines outcome." Women's intentions vary widely-from reducing resentment and feeling more respected to finding mental space or reclaiming time for personal projects. When discussing domestic rebalancing, couples should avoid common communication pitfalls: shouting into the void, drill sergeant commands, bad timing, toxic word choice, all-or-nothing statements, dredging up the past, and emotional outbursts. The key is shifting from divisive patterns to collaboration, noting that most men respond well to direct, explicit requests.

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Capitolo 7

Establishing Values and Standards

Before couples negotiate task distribution, they must determine what truly matters in their household. Rodsky emphasizes the liberating mantra "I do not have to do it all," encouraging readers to intentionally eliminate unnecessary tasks rather than simply redistributing them. She illustrates this with Sara and Clark's decision to stop attending children's birthday parties that drained their energy and provided little value. The Fair Play Minimum Standard of Care works like legal standards in communities. When couples disagree about household tasks, they should apply the Reasonable Person Test: "Would a reasonable person under similar circumstances do as I've done?" The key is establishing mutually agreed-upon standards rather than one partner imposing their preferences on the other. Rodsky shares how many couples already have implicit agreements on household responsibilities, but disagreements often arise with time-consuming "Daily Grind" tasks. She recounts her own struggle with the "garbage" card-she would silently fume when Seth left overflowing garbage, using passive-aggressive hints that led to mutual frustration. The breakthrough came when she connected Seth's college story about stacking 100 pizza boxes with his current tolerance for kitchen mess. They resolved their conflict by establishing a clear Minimum Standard of Care: garbage goes out every night by 7 p.m. When establishing standards, Rodsky urges couples to "consider the long game" by examining their deeper values: "Why do we do things the way we do them? What values are we modeling for our children?" The best negotiations begin with shared interests aimed at greater goals like safety, health, and building trust. Emily reframed the kitty litter conversation with her husband Paul by connecting it to deeper values. Instead of nagging, Emily dramatically declared "This is bigger than kitty litter...It's about the future of our family and MY TRUST IN YOU." By calmly explaining why this responsibility mattered in terms of health, cleanliness, and safety, Paul's attitude completely changed.

Capitolo 8

The 100 Cards of Fair Play

The Fair Play system consists of 100 task cards organized into five suits: Home, Out, Caregiving, Magic, and Wild, plus the essential Unicorn Space card that each partner must play. Not all cards will be relevant to every family, allowing couples to customize their deck. The Home suit encompasses tasks required to maintain a functioning household, from weekend meals to preserving family memories, managing money, and organizing storage. The Out suit covers activities that happen outside the home, including auto maintenance, birthday celebrations, calendar management, bill payment, and transportation logistics. The Caregiving suit represents irreplaceable work that can't be outsourced-caring for children, family, friends, and ourselves. Cards include bathing and grooming children, managing bedtime routines, handling healthcare, and maintaining relationships with extended family. The Magic suit represents meaningful moments families will remember most, like birthday celebrations, discipline approaches, fun family activities, gestures of love, holiday traditions, and middle-of-the-night comfort. The Wild suit encompasses cards for life-disrupting events requiring extra support, such as home renovation, job loss, moving, new jobs, pregnancy, and serious illness. Finally, the Unicorn Space card represents what makes you uniquely you-your passion and purpose beyond family and career obligations. It's not merely self-care like exercise classes or manicures, but activities that nurture your essence and talents. Both partners must take this card, as it's essential to maintaining identity and fulfillment.

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Capitolo 9

Playing the Game

With the Four Rules established, it's time to engage your partner in this new approach to domestic life management. The benefits for both partners include: a shared language about home responsibilities, clearly defined roles, permission to take ownership, guilt-free time for personal interests, a happier partnership, more fulfilling parenting, and improved brain plasticity. The implementation process follows seven steps: 1. Set Ground Rules: Establish a community agreement that guides engagement, including commitments to listen thoughtfully, consider tone during discussions, explore collaborative approaches, value each other's time equally, and keep phones away during conversations. 2. Customize Your Deck: Determine which cards matter most to your family, identifying Nonnegotiable and Daily Grind cards, Cards Both People Value, and Cards One Person Values. 3. Prepare to Onboard: Decide how you'll organize and track your individual "hands" to ensure both partners remember what cards they hold, using initialed task charts, whiteboards, bullet journals, or shared digital apps. 4. Deal Your Cards: Assign cards based on capabilities and availability, with each partner holding a fair share from each suit. The Happiness Trio (self-care, adult friendships, and Unicorn Space) must be held by both partners simultaneously. 5. Establish Minimum Standards of Care: Collaborate on what's reasonable based on your family's shared values, applying the Fair Play MSC Test when you can't agree. 6. Claim Your Unicorn Space: Both partners must play this essential card, discussing what their Unicorn Space entails regarding time, money, and childcare needs. 7. Take a New Vow: Make commitments to let go of past resentments, play cards with full CPE (Conception, Planning, Execution), relinquish control of cards that aren't yours, adhere to agreed-upon standards without criticism, re-deal cards with clear communication when needed, claim and support each other's Unicorn Space, and check in regularly.

Capitolo 10

Re-Dealing the Deck

After implementing Fair Play, couples must maintain the system through regular check-ins. These meetings are crucial for exchanging feedback, clarifying roles, and refining the system-they're the number-one predictor of long-term success. The check-in should be scheduled within the first week of implementation and treated as a non-negotiable appointment. Unlike traditional relationship dynamics where feedback happens in heated moments, Fair Play requires partners to hold their reactions and wait for the designated check-in time. The weekly check-in follows a four-step process: Set a Check-In Date, Take Stock, Re-Deal or Hold, and Plan Ahead. During Take Stock, partners review their household deck, counting both collective and individual cards. This is the perfect moment to acknowledge what each person is doing well. When re-dealing cards, partners must address three categories: Daily Grind cards meant to be shared, cards that fell into a Both Trap (when CPE responsibilities are split between partners or when both attempt to handle the same card), and Cards of Contention (when a partner doesn't complete crucial steps or doesn't meet the agreed-upon standard of care). After reviewing and re-dealing cards, partners should plan for the upcoming week, highlighting events that may impact specific cards and pre-negotiating who handles unexpected situations like flat tires or smoke detector batteries.

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Capitolo 11

Common Mistakes and Their Solutions

Through interviews with couples worldwide, Rodsky has identified thirteen common mistakes and their solutions: 1. The CPE Break-Up: When one partner handles Conception and Planning but hands off Execution without proper context. The Fix: Keep Conception, Planning, and Execution with one person. 2. The RAT F*ck: When one partner issues Random Assignments of Tasks without context. The Fix: Retire RATs completely and re-deal entire cards with full CPE ownership. 3. The CPE Double-Up: When both partners think the other is handling a responsibility. The Fix: Clearly delineate cards and roles, with someone claiming primary ownership of each card. 4. The Eleventh-Hour Veto: When one partner objects at the last minute after significant planning. The Fix: Opt out or buy in during the Planning stage. 5. Going Rogue: When one partner makes major decisions independently. The Fix: Include your partner in Planning, even for cards they don't value. 6. Standards Slip: When the agreed-upon Minimum Standard of Care isn't met. The Fix: Reestablish standards during weekly check-ins. 7. Blowing Down the House: When frustration builds all day until one partner unleashes criticism. The Fix: Wait for your weekly check-in to address issues. 8. Toxic Time Messages: Statements that undermine time equality. The Fix: Challenge both external and internal messages that devalue your time. 9. Believing Systems Aren't Fun: Worrying that organization will kill spontaneity. The Fix: Recognize that chaos isn't fun, but systems create room for enjoyment. 10. Playing By the Numbers: Obsessing over card counts. The Fix: Play for fairness, not numbers. 11. Currency of Consequences: Creating penalties when cards aren't properly played. The Fix: Substitute consequences with a re-deal. 12. Rushing to Divide Cards: Skipping the values step. The Fix: Always play for value by discussing which aspects of domestic life are priorities.

Capitolo 12

Living in Your Unicorn Space

Now that you've rebalanced your deck, it's time to focus on the ultimate goal of Fair Play: reclaiming time and space to nurture your unique gifts and interests. This isn't just about fewer fights or better sex (though those are nice perks); it's about becoming the fullest expression of yourself. Unicorn Space involves activities that fuel a deeper sense of purpose and can be shared with the world. To claim your Unicorn Space: 1. Identify a Passion: Ask yourself what you'd like more time for, what you want to get back to, or what you've always wanted to try. Consider activities involving your hands, heart, physical challenges, head, or higher purpose. 2. Plan to Share It With the World: When passion is paired with a "share with the world" mindset, it becomes more meaningful and fulfilling. Research confirms that pursuing meaning beyond oneself leads not only to greater happiness but also better health outcomes. 3. Set a Goal: Commit to a specific timeline for sharing your passion with others. Taking concrete steps elicits enthusiastic support from partners who can see your genuine commitment. 4. Face Your Fears: Don't let fear stop you from pursuing your passion. The "passion gap," like the pay gap, widens with each child and passing year, making it increasingly difficult to reclaim your Unicorn Space. 5. Get Your Partner's Support and Support Them in Return: Partners must have their own Unicorn Space too, but this requires careful negotiation of time and responsibilities. Don't claim the same space, keep score with Unicorn Space time, and beware of "Unicorn Space Gone Wild." 6. Stick to Your Schedule: Protect your Unicorn Space fiercely from "domestic encroachment"-that tendency to surrender your scheduled creative time to household tasks or family obligations. It was Friday night when Seth and I watched the movie "Sing!" with our kids. When Rosita the pig-who had lost touch with her passion after having many piglets-rediscovers her voice and performs brilliantly, my six-year-old son Ben exclaimed, "Rosita found her Unicorn Space!" The next morning, he asked if he could take singing lessons to start a band. When Ben asked who the hero was in my book, I looked at Seth and smiled: "We both are." Through trial, error, regular dialogue, and re-dealing cards, we've achieved fair play. Our children are learning what an equitable partnership looks like-where both parents' time is respected, household work is shared, and everyone is encouraged to feed their unicorn. A win-win-win.

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Temi chiave in Fair Play: un metodo per dividere i compiti e la vita con chi ami

mental load
domestic labor division
invisible work
household management systems
gendered time inequality

Citazioni da Fair Play: un metodo per dividere i compiti e la vita con chi ami

Visibility = Value.
Lists alone don't work; systems do.
reminding and praising is the daily work of parenting children, not partnering with husbands.
All Time Is Created Equal
Was I nuts?

Personaggi di Fair Play: un metodo per dividere i compiti e la vita con chi ami

Eve RodskyAuthor and foundation manager who created the system
SethEve's husband and partner in the household
Jessica ValentiWriter cited regarding motherhood and careers

Sull'autore

Eve Rodsky, autrice bestseller del New York Times di Fair Play ed esperta di gestione organizzativa formata ad Harvard, ridefinisce l'equità domestica attraverso il suo lavoro innovativo sul bilanciamento delle responsabilità familiari.

Scelto dal Reese’s Book Club, Fair Play fonde il suo background legale con il pensiero sistemico per affrontare la disuguaglianza di genere nel lavoro non retribuito, offrendo una struttura ludicizzata per le coppie. Il seguito di Rodsky, Find Your Unicorn Space, esplora la creatività e la resilienza tra le esigenze dell'assistenza familiare, consolidando ulteriormente il suo ruolo di sostenitrice dell'uguaglianza del tempo.

Le sue idee sono state presentate a Good Morning America, al Tamron Hall Show e su Harper’s Bazaar, mentre la sua collaborazione con Hello Sunshine di Reese Witherspoon sottolinea il suo impatto culturale. L'adattamento documentaristico di Fair Play del 2022, diretto da Jennifer Siebel Newsom e sostenuto da Melinda Gates, amplifica la sua missione di rimodellare le politiche e le norme sociali.

Nata a New York City e residente ora a Los Angeles, Rodsky incanala la sua esperienza di madre di tre figli in soluzioni di risonanza globale per le partnership moderne.

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Fair Play: un metodo per dividere i compiti e la vita con chi ami

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When Domestic Inequality Becomes Too Much to Bear

The Curse of the "She-fault" Parent

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The Hidden Costs of Invisible Labor

All Time Is Created Equal

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Reclaiming Your Right to Be Interesting

Starting Where You Are Now

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Establishing Values and Standards

The 100 Cards of Fair Play

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Playing the Game

Re-Dealing the Deck

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Common Mistakes and Their Solutions

Living in Your Unicorn Space

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When Domestic Inequality Becomes Too Much to Bear

The Curse of the "She-fault" Parent

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The Hidden Costs of Invisible Labor

All Time Is Created Equal

Ottieni di più da Fair Play: un metodo per dividere i compiti e la vita con chi ami

Reclaiming Your Right to Be Interesting

Starting Where You Are Now

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Establishing Values and Standards

The 100 Cards of Fair Play

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Playing the Game

Re-Dealing the Deck

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Common Mistakes and Their Solutions

Living in Your Unicorn Space

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