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In this blog, read our articles covering some key themes around parenting and parental burnout.

How Important is Parental-burnout Training for You as a Physician?

One of the most important things that you can do regarding parental burnout is patient education and being aware of it is a good first step toward prevention. As a physician, one of your responsibilities...

Who is at Risk of Parental Burnout?

Parental burnout can affect anyone. It is a syndrome that occurs when parents are chronically struggling to deal with the demands of parenting. This condition generally affects those parents who are continuously exposed to situations...

The effect of parental burnout on men’s health

Contrary to what one might think, parental burnout is not only for mothers. Among parents with parental burnout, epidemiological studies indicate that 2/3 of them are women and 1/3 are men. Although women still perform...

Teenagers: between rejection and love

Every stage of life has its share of stresses and concerns. Infancy is a time of crying, colic and broken nights that parents must deal with. Early childhood ushers in tantrums and disobedience. During the...

Parents… Children… All different!

Let’s avoid thinking that there is one right way to raise children and that we’re bad parents if we don’t follow it. When we go to a restaurant, we find several starters and various main...

The worship of children: benefits and potential drawbacks

The worship of children, what is it about? Our children are the most precious thing we have. That’s obvious! They are the apple of our eyes. We can’t stand anyone frustrating, hurting, or neglecting them....

Parents under pressure

Parents under pressure and parental burnout are eight times more common today than it was 40 years ago. Is that surprising?

Difficult children…

Difficult children and children’s difficult behaviour are very rarely the results of a single factor. Education does not explain everything!

Parental perfectionism, what is it?

There is no such thing as parental perfectionism or the perfect parent. And that’s fortunate because children build some of their greatest strengths on their parents’ greatest weaknesses. In one sentence, we could define parental perfectionism as...