Strategies for times of high stress,Parenting Under Pressure,Strategies for times of high stress
L ife being what it is there are many times when parents aren’t in their very best parenting mode. They may be going through deep marital crisis caring for an ill family member facing their own physical or mental health crisis dealing with financial challenges struggling with a troubled child or… well the list goes on and on.
Often people are dealing with more than one intense life issue as each problem tends to overflow into others. For instance a child suffering addiction may require expensive treatment leading to an unbearable financial burden that stresses the marriage to its breaking point. Meanwhile the “normal kids” in the family struggle to be seen and heard sometimes resorting to desperate strategies to earn parental attention. When an adult is not up to full parenting speed it can feel as if the whole household is falling apart; sometimes it actually is.
A House in Disarray
When parents are mentally emotionally and physically distracted children can take advantage.
“Mom can I have candy for breakfast lunch and dinner?”
