She’s tech-ing a break from burnout. 

Even with an in-person partner, Lilian Schmidt was sick of shouldering the mental load of motherhood. 

So, she’s trained ChatGPT to become a second mommy — tasking it to draft shopping lists, create meal plans, plan birthdays and vacations, and revolutionize bedtime. 

Lilian Schmidt has transformed ChatGPT into a co-parent, entrusting it to help raise her family. Lilian Schmidt / SWNS

“I’ve built my own bot to be our co-parent,” Schmidt, 33, a corporate brand strategist, based in Zurich, Switzerland, told SWNS. 

“I use it to make me a better mom,” bragged the blond, who heavily leans on artificial intelligence for help raising and wrangling her three-year-old daughter. “I’d never go back.”

And why would she? It’s a parenting throuple that really clicks. 

Schmidt is able to turn her brain off and let artificial intelligence takeover her more overwhelming daily tasks. Alina – stock.adobe.com

The millennial is in the majority of overtaxed mamas plagued by burnout. 

It’s the stress, anxiety and fatigue of rearing tots that afflicts an eye-popping 57% of US moms and dads, per a recent study from Ohio State University. 

Over-fried folks, like Schmidt, are now turning to AI for parenting pointers, be it healthcare how-to’s or bedtime storytelling. 

Experts have lauded large language models, such as ChatGPT, with making parenting “easier,” owing to its “ability to ideate and just be creative.”

Schmidt agrees. 

The mom says ChatGPT helps her and her partner successfully navigate the more challenging aspects of parenting. Lilian Schmidt / SWNS

“I never let it make decisions, but I always [ask] it for advice,” she said of her computerized co-parent, insisting, however, that the bot does not usurp the role of her human honey. 

“Our life is so busy,” explained Schmidt. “The mental load is a lot.”

“My partner is very involved with the kids and does his fair share,” she added of her 35-year-old fella. “[But] our brains work