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Parineeti Chopra Questions Why Mother Is The Default Parent
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News18•13-10-2026, 08:36
Parineeti Chopra Questions Why Mother Is The Default Parent
- •Parineeti Chopra and husband Raghav Chadha welcomed their son Neer in October 2025.
- •The actress questioned societal norms that treat mothers as default parents and fathers as visiting caregivers.
- •She advocates for equal parenting roles, emphasizing that fathers must step up immediately after birth.
- •Parineeti is making her acting comeback with the OTT projects Reporting Live and Shaque: Trust No One.
- •She praised peers like Alia Bhatt, Deepika Padukone, and Priyanka Chopra for balancing motherhood and ambitious careers.
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Parineeti Chopra strongly criticizes the societal norm that treats the mother as the default and primary parent while reducing the father to a visiting or occasional caregiver. She advocates for a 50-50 division of parenting responsibilities, emphasizing that fathers need to step up immediately since mothers already bear the burden of pregnancy, postpartum recovery, and childcare.
Parineeti Chopra and her politician husband Raghav Chadha welcomed their son, Neer, in October 2025.
Parineeti Chopra is making her acting comeback with two OTT releases: the investigative drama movie Reporting Live and the psychological crime thriller series Shaque: Trust No One.
