How are you really? On parental stress, overwhelm and how to cope
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I remember during a particularly stressful week early on in the pandemic, my daughter was refusing to nap but I had purposely scheduled my most important meetings for when I hoped she’d be asleep. It was 2020, peak pandemic and there was a dual conversation going on at the time - everyone was recognising the collective stress of working whilst parenting but on some level - the other conversation was one of, buckle up and get through it - we were just expected to get on with it. Meetings still got scheduled, deadlines still existed. It was an impossible situation.
How are you really? On parental stress, overwhelm and how to cope
How are you really? On parental stress…
How are you really? On parental stress, overwhelm and how to cope
I remember during a particularly stressful week early on in the pandemic, my daughter was refusing to nap but I had purposely scheduled my most important meetings for when I hoped she’d be asleep. It was 2020, peak pandemic and there was a dual conversation going on at the time - everyone was recognising the collective stress of working whilst parenting but on some level - the other conversation was one of, buckle up and get through it - we were just expected to get on with it. Meetings still got scheduled, deadlines still existed. It was an impossible situation.