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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yup, be very, very direct. “I am going to make x for dinner next Sunday, it will take a while to make & I’ll clean up after. I’d like you to be on kid duty during that time.”

Of course, that may mean he plants them in front of the TV or an iPad for a few hrs, so you need to be ok with that. [/quote]

Agree explicit is the key, though I would argue that it would not be okay for one parent to always punt to screen time during their "on duty" time because unless the parents have collectively decided unlimited screen time is okay, this likely takes away every using screens to get a break for the other parent.

I used to schedule certain cleaning tasks that only I do for Saturday morning, and have my DH take kids to activities or the playground while I did them. It would be stuff like cleaning floors, organizing, and washing sheets/making bed, that can be hard to do with kids underfoot. It would get them out of the house early in the day doing something active, I'd put on music I like and do my cleaning and then take a shower. Then we'd all reunite for lunch and a family active in the afternoon. I actually DO think this was good for DH and the kids, to force them to have regular one on one time without me present (and if DH wants to stare at his phone the whole time at the playground, that's his business). And since I was doing an activity that benefited everyone, he really could not complain. It helped that those are cleaning activities I actually enjoy and find satisfying too -- I like vigorous deep cleaning, it's like a really productive workout.[/quote]

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