4 questions for working parents to ask themselves to stay mentally fit

Photo: SeventyFour/iStock. Article by Dina Smith.

The grind isn’t over for working parents as we enter the next year, so Mom and Dad, show yourself some sensitivity.

Throughout the past months of the coronavirus pandemic, working parents have faced significant challenges as they’ve attempted to juggle both work and childcare.

Across the board, working parents have been strapped with an increase in overall workload, a massive upheaval of routine, and steep financial costs. It’s obvious the buildup is taking a personal toll. Stress levels and burnout among working parents are high, and many report that they’re in survival mode. Alarmingly, Lean In and McKinsey found recently that one in four women are considering scaling back their careers or leaving the workforce entirely due to the impact of COVID-19. […]

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