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"  Of the 756 married mothers who took our poll, 70 percent said they get the kids ready with no help from their husbands. Mom as primary caregiver is a norm &amp;quot;even the most progressive partners still default to,&amp;quot; says Toni Zimmerman, Ph.D., director of Family Studies at Colorado State University. &amp;quot;But one of the best ways to say &amp;#039;I love you&amp;#039; is to take turns. Research shows that a key component of couple closeness is equality.&amp;quot; You can divvy up chores by each taking the ones you dislike least. Or, consider Zimmerman&amp;#039;s half-month plan: &amp;quot;You handle it all for two weeks, then he does the next two. That way the person in charge, and the kids, get into a groove, and the one who&amp;#039;s off duty gets to enjoy a luxurious stretch of personal time.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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