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    Ready to Snap? 4 Ways to Cope with Parenting Stress

    by Holly Schaeffer Aug 28, 2021 3 minutes
    Ready to Snap? 4 Ways to Cope with Parenting Stress, by Holly Schaefer. Photograph of parents and child by Priscilla du Preez
    Photograph by Priscilla du Preez

    Estimated reading time: 5 minutes

    Parenting should not be an act of self-sacrifice; helping kids grow into healthy, happy individuals requires healthy, happy parents

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    Parenting should not be a self-sacrificing role. As I’ve written about it before, I strongly believe that helping kids grow into healthy, happy individuals requires healthy and happy parents. But, that’s not to say that I don’t feel my fair share of parenting stress.

    Sometimes, it’s from having a to-do list that’s not humanly possible to get through. Other times, it’s the result of the everyday obstacles that arise while. But while I cannot avoid some stressful circumstances, I know that I can, and should, find effective ways to cope with parenting stress.

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