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Thoughts on family life, the mental load, and building a calmer home.
By Dineke · May 2026
The event is in the calendar. Now what actually needs to happen?
The event is in the calendar. The things the event requires — the gift, the kit, the permission slip — usually aren't. Here's how parte.'s linked tasks close that gap.
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By Dineke · April 2026
How to manage a family schedule (without losing your mind)
Five habits that stop a family schedule from quietly falling apart — one shared view, a ten-minute Sunday reset, and an owner for every event.
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By Dineke · April 2026
Use AI as your PA, not your therapist
More parents use ChatGPT daily than non-parents — for good reason. Here's where AI genuinely earns its keep in family life, and the quiet line it shouldn't cross.
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By AJ · April 2026
A dad's honest take on the mental load
Most writing about the mental load is aimed at mums. Here's what it actually looks like from the other side — and why "just tell me what to do" stops being an answer.
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By AJ · April 2026
Best family calendar app? We compared Skylight, Hearth, Cozi and found the same gap in all of them
We looked at every family calendar option — Skylight, Hearth, Cozi, FamilyWall, TimeTree — and found the same gap in all of them. Here's what we learned.
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By AJ · March 2026
The code is solved. The product isn't.
I built a cross-platform family app in a week without opening a code editor. Here's what that changes — and what it doesn't.
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By Dineke · March 2026
The mental load is real — and it's not just in your head
Two studies, 529 families, one uncomfortable truth: the invisible work of running a household falls overwhelmingly on mums. Here's what the research says.
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