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Protective factors

Relationships, resources, and conditions that reduce the effects of stress or risk and support healthier outcomes for parents and children.

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Parent mental health overview and why it matters

Parent mental health overview and why it matters

What parent mental health means Parent mental health refers to a caregiver’s emotional, cognitive, behavioral, and social well-being in the context of raising a child. It includes mood stability, anxiety regulation, sleep, capacity for pleasure, frustration tolerance, executive functioning, social connection, and the ability to recover after stress. It also includes clinically recognized conditions such […]