parental burnout
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Does Tea Keep You Alive? A Birthday Reflection
I used to love birthdays but life has shifted in ways I never imagined, and special occasions often bring more emotional weight now than joy. Looking back at my birthday last year it was truly awful. They remind me of the gap between how things are and how I once thought they’d be. They bring… Continue reading
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Coping with Stress in School Meetings: A Parent’s Perspective
I knew this was coming, but this letter arrived this week. And I knew I would have to cope with stress in another school meeting. Coping with stress in school meetings for parents is something many of us face. This had been rumbling on for some time. That fateful phone call from the EWO (Am… Continue reading
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Am I Managing Stress and Anxiety, or Just Surviving?
I had another blog post written and ready to go, but this week took an unfortunate turn with lots of parenting stress and anxiety, so I will save the other one for next week. What actually prompted me to write this was my boss at work—so thank you, Chris (I know you’re reading this, and… Continue reading
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How long have you managed to hide in the toilet for?
I am absolutely sure at some point as parents you have hidden in the toilet to get some peace and quiet. But how long does this normally last. Not long for me usually. Ten minutes max I can probably make it last before children are banging on the door. But still hiding out on the… Continue reading
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Are we any further forward?
This week, it isn’t my son asking the questions, but me. And the question I keep coming back to, over and over, is: “Are we any further forward?“ It was Monday and the first day back at school after the half term holidays. Given how the Sunday had gone I hadn’t much hope that my… Continue reading
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What Time is it? Part Two!
The question What Time is it? was the basis of this blog, it was my very first blog post (What Time is it?). From around 3 years old, my son started asking this question over and over again. And not just a couple of times a day—literally hundreds of times. He would ask it three or… Continue reading
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A Poem – He’s Fine!!!
Normally I write a full blog post but the last few days have been hectic to say the least. Tuesday in particular was a horrible day which resulted in a day off school for my son who was completely distressed, and me desperately trying to catch up on work, and life, and personal admin and… Continue reading
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Why do you look like a skeleton?
It was 5pm on a Saturday and my son asked me… “Why do you look like a skeleton?” And when he asked me this I could do nothing but laugh because my son was absolutely right. I did look like a skeleton. I was absolutely dead on my feet. Dead. On. My. Feet. And I… Continue reading
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Parent Led CBT and the Many Many Questions.
This is a slightly different post this week, and revolves around SEND support, and instead of writing about a question my son has asked me I’m going to write about a question that the lady who is training me on my “Parent Led CBT” course. She is always asking me… “How are you feeling about… Continue reading
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You know Jesus Christ, what do you think happened?
Every morning we had the same routine (barring any meltdowns). My son would shout me when he woke up – usually between 6.30am and 7am. If he hadn’t shouted by 6.45am my alarm went off and I would lay in bed for 5 minutes waking myself up and trying to ignore the parental burnout I… Continue reading