This is an important first. But inquiring minds want to know, how is he able to balance family responsibilities and a high-flying career? What's the secret sauce? https://twitter.com/katiezez/status/1330969719474708490

I should add that this tweet operates on two levels. The first is semi-humorous and intended to call attention to the gendered nature of this kind of media coverage. When men with small children get appointed to BIG jobs, there are few questions about how they will manage it all.

But it also operates on a second level. As part of a two-career couple, I am genuinely interested in how people distribute caregiving responsibilities when there are two people engaged in market work. Typically, it involves a carefully constructed (and precarious) network of

paid in-home caregivers, family help, daycare, and school--much of which is privately financed. Basically, we use the family (and the family's engagement in the market) to subsidize caregiving. Not every democracy uses this model--and that is whole different tweet--but it's ours

But I'd like us to be forthright about it. It's not about discipline and getting up at 5 am and figuring out what's important. More often, it's about creating a huge scaffolding for carework and working diligently to make sure it doesn't come crashing down.

Basically, when it comes to caregiving, we're all operating with a very small net.