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85. Lisa Patterson on Reinventing Parenting Gender Norms

85. Lisa Patterson on Reinventing Parenting Gender Norms

Update: 2025-11-19
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In this episode, Keltie is joined by friend, Lisa Patterson, who shares how her and her partner are navigating parenting roles in a way that goes against traditional norms.

Hear Keltie and Lisa discuss...

  • How Lisa made the decision to become a parent, despite it not having been a part of her life's "success criteria"

  • How she and her partner have communicated about and negotiated their respective parenting roles

  • The way others have responded to Lisa and Andy's role reversal of "primary" and "secondary" parent

  • The perks of raising a child outside of the U.S.

  • The tension between and trouble fitting the all-or-nothing categories of "mom" vs. "career woman".



    As mentioned in the show

    Find Lisa on Instagram at instagram.com/captlisann

    About Lisa


    Lisa Patterson is an outdoor enthusiast, tech nerd, vinophile and working mom.

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85. Lisa Patterson on Reinventing Parenting Gender Norms

85. Lisa Patterson on Reinventing Parenting Gender Norms