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Self-forgiveness

The ability to recognize parenting mistakes, take responsibility, and make repairs without collapsing into shame.

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Preventing parental burnout

Preventing parental burnout

Understanding parental burnout Parental burnout is usually described through several core dimensions: overwhelming exhaustion in the parenting role, emotional distancing from one’s children, a sense of ineffectiveness or loss of parental accomplishment, and a contrast between the parent one used to be and the parent one feels they have become. These experiences can be frightening, […]