I’m a mom and psychologist-parents who are less stressed do 5 things differently
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Key Points:
- A 2023 American Psychological Association survey found that 48% of parents feel their stress is completely overwhelming on most days, with 60% struggling to focus and 62% feeling misunderstood about their stress levels.
- Psychologist Dr. Juli Fraga emphasizes that stress signals the need to slow down and troubleshoot rather than pushing parents to "suck it up" or seek perfection, and she offers five strategies to manage parental stress effectively.
- Key stress management techniques include practicing mindfulness to meet chaos with calm, replacing self-comparisons with self-compassion, asking for help to build support networks, expressing empathy toward children, and savoring positive emotions to counterbalance stress.
- Research shows that parental well-being significantly affects children’s
