The Fair Play Deck: A Couple's Conversation Deck for Prioritizing What's Important

by Eve Rodsky

Based on the Reese's Book Club Pick and New York Times best-seller Fair Play , this couple's conversation deck will help you rebalance your to-do lists, reclaim your time, and rediscover and nurture the skills and interests that make you uniquely you .

Whether you just moved in together, hit a snag in your domestic bliss, or are struggling to keep with your growing family, this adaptable card deck will help you balance the work needed to keep your household humming. Here's what you're going to

1) Sit with your partner for an hour when you're relaxed and feeling good (food and drink help!)
2) Lay out all the task cards, choose only the ones that apply to your family, and take turns deciding which tasks you'll own completely
3) Claim your Unicorn Space cards, which allow you time and space to develop and pursue activities and skills that bring you joy--whether it's learning a new language, playing music, or training for a marathon

Setting both of you up for success in your relationship and parenting, The Fair Play Deck will change the way you think and talk about your home life.

Genres: Relationships, Nonfiction, Reference

102 pages, Cards

Published October 27, 2020

About the author

Eve Rodsky is working to change society one marriage at a time with a new 21st century solution to an age-old problem: women shouldering the brunt of childrearing and domestic life responsibilities regardless of whether they work outside the home.

In her forthcoming book Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (and More Life to Live), she uses her Harvard Law School training and years of organizational management experience to create a gamified life-management system to help couples rebalance all of the work it takes to run a home and allow them to reimagine their relationship, time and purpose.

Eve Rodsky received her B.A. in economics and anthropology from the University of Michigan, and her J.D. from Harvard Law School. After working in foundation management at J.P. Morgan, she founded the Philanthropy Advisory Group to advise high-net worth families and charitable foundations on best practices for harmonious operations, governance and disposition of funds. In her work with hundreds of families over a decade, she realized that her expertise in family mediation, strategy, and organizational management could be applied to a problem closer to home – a system for couples seeking balance, efficiency, and peace in their home. Rodsky was born and raised by a single mom in New York City and now lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their three children.

Reviews

[Lisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

These cards were helpful to implement the plan in the fantastic book by the same name. A few cards were ridiculous, though. For example, "cleaning" was only ONE card. Cleaning an entire house is far too much work for one person to take on. I think there should have been separate cards for dusting, cleaning floors, cleaning bathrooms, etc. A huge blunder was not including a card for "making sure kids complete their chores." As every parent knows, making sure kids do their chores adequately and on time takes far more time and energy than just doing them yourself. And the exhausted default parent gets so worn down from this huge task.

So we did add a few cards of our own that were painfully obvious to us.

The book is EXCELLENT. The cards aren't necessary but might help you actually implement the plan.

[Stephanie Nora Conrad · Rating 1 out of 5]

What is the point of buying the physical deck if you have to get online to look at the descriptions for each of the tasks? This easily could’ve been printed on the back of each card, but they were too lazy to do that 😒 at the very least it would’ve been nice for a space for notes on the card so you could write in your own description of what the task includes. Save yourself some time and money, and just find the Notion template of this to print out.

[Sarah Jane · Rating 5 out of 5]

I used these cards with my fiance and loved the activity! It was great. Constructive and absolutely worth it. I am excited to read the book that goes with the cards.

[Jess Greene · Rating 5 out of 5]

Could not recommend this book and card deck more for any couple or even roommates if close and share house responsibilities.

[Sherry · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very helpful! Having the book helps even more.

[Alix · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great concept, but not specific enough to be truly useful, at least for my life. Made an excel sheet that has more details based on this idea