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The ManFlu | Exploring Gender Dynamics, Partnerships & Raising Boys Who Care

The ManFlu | Exploring Gender Dynamics, Partnerships & Raising Boys Who Care

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You’ve heard of the “ManFlu” — that mysterious illness that somehow hits men way harder than any woman could ever fathom. Well, we’re not handing out tissues. We’re here to talk about the real stuff underneath it: the disconnection, the imbalance, and how we can start to change it.
The ManFlu is a metaphor we use to dig into something deeper: the cultural scripts, gender roles, and unspoken rules that keep men sidelined and leave women carrying more than their share of the mental and emotional load.
Host Lucy McAfee has spent years studying how gender dynamics play out at home. As a wife and boy mom, she’s still working them out in her own family. Each week, The ManFlu brings together researchers, thinkers, and families themselves to explore emotional labor, modern partnerships, and how we raise more connected boys. Together, we examine why these patterns persist, how they affect families, and the practical shifts that build stronger partnerships today and help break old patterns for the next generation. You’ll leave each episode not just nodding along, but equipped with one small shift you can try at home.Join us to lighten the load and build a future where women and men can both show up as their whole selves. New episodes drop every Wednesday, follow the show so you don’t miss one. And share it with your friends, because no one should have to face the ManFlu epidemic alone.
Follow Lucy on Instagram @lucypmcafee for more on gender dynamics, mental and emotional load, and raising boys who care.Copyright vfgt 人間関係 個人的成功 子育て 社会科学 自己啓発
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  • Be Their Safe Place: Raising Boys in Middle School | Kelly Wiethuchter

    Be Their Safe Place: Raising Boys in Middle School | Kelly Wiethuchter
    2026/10/14
    It’s 7:43 AM, her boys still aren’t out the door, and our guest is sipping her coffee and saying nothing. Middle school parenting asks you to step back right when every instinct tells you to step in.
    On this episode, host Lucy McAfee talks with her friend Kelly Wiethuchter, an ad tech sales leader and mom to fraternal twins, about raising boys through the transition to sixth grade. Kelly’s sons share a birthday, but not the same personality. One is an extrovert who wakes up asking who can hang out, and the other is more introverted and saves his energy for a few close friends. One sits down and knocks out his homework right away, while the other works better with a deadline. Raising twins showed Kelly early that two kids under one roof need to be parented differently.
    This year Kelly stopped packing their backpacks so the boys could build their own executive functioning skills, and she explains why she is willing to let them be late. She also shares what happened last year when another boy at the playground pulled up something on his phone that no child should see. What her sons did next is a lesson in online safety for kids, and it proved to Kelly that she had become their safe place.
    Her one small shift: start with one. Kelly borrows “10 Before 10” from Chris McKenna of Protect Young Eyes, the idea of having ten short conversations with your child about what they might see online before age 10. She keeps each talk short and side by side, in the car or on a walk, and uses a lesson from her media career, reach and frequency, to space them out so no one dreads a trip to the grocery store with mom. Press play for a middle school parenting approach that helps your sons learn to figure things out while they still live at home.
    Episode Breakdown:00:00 Welcome And Meeting Kelly Wiethuchter02:03 Infertility, Loss, And Two Rainbow Babies06:27 Twins With Two Very Different Personalities14:48 Why She Stopped Packing Their Backpacks19:15 Only Six Years Left To Shape Them21:53 The Phone Moment That Proved She's Safe29:28 10 Before 10 And Reach And Frequency35:24 Yardsticks, A Parenting Book She Actually Finished40:52 Raising Empathetic Boys Who Talk About Feelings45:33 The One Small Shift: Start With One
    Resources mentioned in this episode:Yardsticks: Child and Adolescent Development Ages 4–14 by Chip Wood“10 Before 10” by Chris McKennaFollow Protect Young Eyes on Instagram Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be by Dr. Becky KennedyBark (parental controls and home internet filter)Listen to Sarah Koopmann’s episode of The ManFlu
    Connect with Kelly Wiethuchter:Connect with Kelly on LinkedIn
    Connect with Lucy McAfee:Follow Lucy on InstagramConnect with Lucy on LinkedInVisit The ManFlu website
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    47 分
  • It's Not You, It's the Job Description: Navigating Maternal Burnout and Mom Guilt | Stacy McCann

    It's Not You, It's the Job Description: Navigating Maternal Burnout and Mom Guilt | Stacy McCann
    2026/10/07
    You ask for help. He nods along. Next week looks exactly the same. If you've wondered how to talk to your husband about the mental load without it ending in tears or silence, this conversation is a good place to start.
    On The ManFlu, host Lucy McAfee talks with Stacy McCann, a licensed therapist, writer, speaker, and parent coach whose practice focuses on maternal burnout. Stacy says many moms walk into her office assuming they are doing something wrong or that they are “broken.” Her job is to show them there was a path paved for them long before they became mothers, by the roles they grew up watching and a modern job description for motherhood no one could ever meet.
    Lucy confesses her own mom guilt over a basket of unfolded laundry, and Stacy shares how she helps clients trace where that critical voice comes from. She explains why “I” statements carry more weight for women raised to stay quiet, and what to do when a partner agrees in the moment and nothing changes.
    Fair Play by Eve Rodsky can feel like a lot to take on when the mental load of motherhood sits mostly with you. Stacy starts smaller, with a weekly family meeting for couples built around the calendar. She closes with one small shift for reclaiming the small pockets of buffer time in your day that no one else has access to. Press play to learn how to talk to your husband about the mental load in a way that moves things forward at home.
    Episode Breakdown:00:00 Welcome And Meeting Therapist Stacy McCann02:10 How the Pandemic Exposed Maternal Self-Sacrifice04:57 Why Moms Arrive Convinced They Are Broken07:28 The Impossible Job Description for Modern Mothers12:52 Mom Guilt and the Unfolded Laundry Basket19:38 Why I Statements Are a Mindset Shift26:20 When He Nods Along and Nothing Changes34:09 Starting a Weekly Household State of the Union39:51 Online Shaming and the Messy Middle of Marriage47:41 One Small Shift to Reclaim Your Buffer Time
    Books Referenced on the Show:Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (and More Life to Live) by Eve RodskyFind Your Unicorn Space: Reclaim Your Creative Life in a Too-Busy World by Eve RodskyDrop the Ball: Achieving More by Doing Less by Tiffany Dufu
    Connect with Stacy McCann:Follow Stacy on InstagramVisit the Present Moment website
    Connect with Lucy McAfee:Follow Lucy on InstagramConnect with Lucy on LinkedInVisit The ManFlu website
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    50 分
  • Balanced, Not Equal: How Two Wives Share the Mental Load | Julia Markish & Krissa Lagos

    Balanced, Not Equal: How Two Wives Share the Mental Load | Julia Markish & Krissa Lagos
    2026/09/30
    Julia Markish sat at a dinner party while the women around her swapped stories about burnout and the mental load. She has a wife, so she couldn't relate. Still her first thought was a guilty one: Am I the man in this story?
    Host Lucy McAfee talks with Julia, an executive coach, and her wife Krissa Lagos, a book editor, in the first couple's interview on The ManFlu. When Lucy asked if Krissa would've had her own complaint at that dinner party, the answer was no. They both have their roles, and balance was one of the seven touchstones they built their wedding ceremony and marriage around. Krissa cooks and Julia cleans. Julia schedules the checkups and Krissa keeps each day on track. When Krissa realized she kept landing in the kitchen prepping food while Julia got the fun part with their son, they talked about it and found a fairer way to divide the morning.
    Gratitude in relationships runs through all of it. Julia and Krissa thank each other for small things and have learned to ask when the thanks doesn't come. They also talk about raising boys with room to feel, and how the trans men in their San Francisco community can show their son a different kind of masculinity.
    Press play for a model of how same-sex couples divide household labor that any couple can borrow, plus one small shift you can try at home this week.
    Episode Breakdown:00:00 Welcome And Meeting Julia and Krissa02:35 The Dinner Party Where Julia Couldn't Relate05:49 The Breakfast Prep Fix That Restored Fairness08:40 Building A Marriage Around Seven Touchstones12:43 Why Being With A Woman Can Feel Easier18:13 Raising The Flag When You Need Thanks20:41 Raising Their Son In A Queer Community28:46 How Their Careers Shape Life At Home32:41 What Straight Couples Can Borrow From Them38:01 The One Small Shift: Ask For The Thanks
    Referenced on the Show:Episode 9: The Manosphere and our Boys: What It’s Teaching Them, What We Can DoFarideh, songs about parenting and motherhood
    Connect with Julia Markish & Krissa Lagos:Visit the Embrace the Human websiteVisit Krissa’s website
    Connect with Lucy McAfee:Follow Lucy on InstagramConnect with Lucy on LinkedInVisit The ManFlu website
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    41 分
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