Adapted from an online discussion.
Dear Carolyn: My husband got really into running last year as part of a treatment plan for his depression. I fully supported this. But now he spends 15 hours a week running or working out, and I am stuck solo parenting our kids, both under 5, for that time. I do the morning get-kids-ready-and-to-day-care rush by myself every day, and I watch the kids two to three hours a day on weekends while he runs. All this is on top of my full-time job.
We used to have a fair parenting split. Now all that time goes to his…
