Talk of the Day: Can one parent "opt out" of diaper duty?

Everyone, time for our talk of the day. So we know that parenting takes teamwork. It simply does. But does that mean splitting every task? And does every parent have to do each of those tasks? That's what we're talking about today. Our Tyler Finger is joining us now because this is certainly something that's making headlines. Yeah. And I'm here to learn because she's the expert, I'm the novice. You have three children. I do. I do. But this is an interesting take. This is definitely an interesting take. So NBA star LaMelo Ball knows how to play basketball. Obviously, he is a star NBA player. But diaper duty according to him he's passing on that one to his girlfriend who he shares a child with Ball said that during an appearance on ESPN, I want you to take a listen to what he had to say Are you a, are you a diaper changer man? Ah, nah My girl do all that, it's love for sure You know what I'm saying, we got a good, we got a we got a good game plan going on, so I know what I gotta do to bring to the table, she know what she gotta do bring to the table, man, you don't know what you're missing, I'm telling you that I, I hope you have a great, I done did it before, you feel me? Okay, I know I got you, yeah, I definitely did it before, it's just, it's just not my job, you know what I'm saying, it's not my job, certainly An interesting take there, NBA star LaMelo Ball as you just heard was asked about diaper duty during a conversation with Ernie Johnson, he says he and his girlfriend have agreed on how they split their responsibilities and each know that they what they bring to the table so that brings us to today's question: is diaper duty something both parents should share or is it fine for one parent to handle it and do that if they both agree, I mean obviously if you agree everyone should be okay with it, maybe one person does diapers, the other handles feedings laundry or getting up in the middle of the night, we want you to scan the QR code on your screen join the conversation with us or head to fox5atlanta.com slash poll and leave a comment, so at least I can say with the utmost certainty i have never actually changed a diaper but that is because i don't have a child however i do put a diaper on every day the dog so he's not peeing in my apartment okay this is a fun fact i didn't know this about about the uh the pup you don't know so as i like to say he angry goes to the bathroom oh i get it listen no need to explain and you do what you gotta do so yeah diaper duty of sorts yourself we don't want to end up finding a little spot in the apartment you absolutely don't absolutely don't let's bring in our Ella Talmadge to read off some of what our folks at home are saying. Ella, what are you seeing? Oh, yeah. Let's take a look at the poll because most people say that the duty should be divided But also 11% say that the couple should do whatever they agree on And I was getting some comments that kind of said the same thing. Virginia says, it's their decision, MYOB, mind your own business Mind your own beeswax. But some other people said in my opinion you helped create this baby you should help take care of this baby that includes all things associated with the baby child the good the bad and everything in between no matter how stinky i guess how stinky yep christina brown says if you were involved in the activity that resulted in becoming a parent then buckle up bub roll up those sleeves and get to work she's having none of this right absolutely none of it um but i i did see some other people kind of say that it really depends on whether both parents work a job or if one is a stay-at-home parent, maybe more of that responsibility falls to them which that also makes sense to me, so Yeah, I get it. All right, what do you think, Ella? How do you feel about, because Ella has a fiance. She's engaged. Maybe one day there'll be children. That's true, that's true. But looking ahead, potentially, how would you feel if he was like, I'm out on the diaper changing. What would you think? He can carry the baby in his belly and bring it to term. If he wants to say that, that's... I gotcha. You're going to have to pitch in a lot more if you want no diaper duty for the rest of your life. We're running out of time, but I just want to put one. We just got one more that I think is pretty interesting. Okay. Okay, this is from Jessica. Jessica. It's only right to help carry the load. I think we all know it. There you go. Oh, this is a family show, Jessica. This is a family show. I love it, but it's so fun. And it's, you know, hearing folks take on this. Both sides. I'm a little bit surprised, Ella. You may be, too, that there's people on both sides of this saying they understand. Yeah, if you agree to it, obviously it makes sense. If you don't. At the end of the day, it's your couple. It's how you want to divide labor. That's just not how I would run my show. There you have it. Our talk of the day. Tyler, Ella, thank you both. Thank you for joining us here on Fox 5 News Live. 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