Parental stress seems to be at an all-time high. And of all the jobs in the world, parenting is one of the toughest. We can regularly feel overwhelmed. There's so much that's out of our control. Add to the mix the state of our world, cost of living skyrocketing, interest rate rises, the housing crisis, COVID... It's no wonder we're all feeling the pressure.
Yet, as Maggie talks with parents around the country, she's full of optimism. Because at the end of the day, despite so many things feeling out of our control, we're all doing the best you can.
In this month's "Maggie Moment" one of Australia's leading parenting authors and host of the ABC's Parental As Anything podcast Maggie Dent offers a few simple strategies to help lower the cortisol and find greater calm, care, self-compassion and control in the face of the uncertainty in our world today.