Stares and Whispers: My Husband Carrying Our Baby Sparks Strange Reactions

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A Nigerian woman shared how societal expectations still view childcare as a mother’s sole responsibility. She notices stares, murmurs and even strangers telling her husband to hand the baby back to her whenever he carries their child in a carrier during evening strolls. Some onlookers praise him as a “good man” for simply bonding with his own child. She argues that parenting should be teamwork and that a child belongs to both parents.

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