Parenting is one of life’s most rewarding roles, but it also has its challenges. According to a 2024 U.S. Surgeon General’s report , nearly 50 percent of parents said that most days their stress is completely overwhelming, compared with 26 percent of non-parenting adults.

The stressors that parents and caregivers face vary according to each child’s age and development . Major stressors for parents and caregivers of infants and toddlers typically revolve around tasks like feeding, sleeping, and meeting developmental milestones.

As children get older, parenting gets more complicated. Managing schoolwork and after-school activities, communicating expectations and enforcing consequences, helping them navigate friendships and disappointments, setting boundaries, and negotiating things l

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