When you're running from one thing to the next it can feel like your kids activities are

consuming all of your time, but you've got to take time to recharge and stay healthy in the

long run. I'm John Fuller along with Dr. Danny

who heads up the focus on the family parenting department and Danny it just

seems like especially since COVID there are so many parents burning out and just barely making it.

Do you have any stats or reference points to help us recognize that, oh, actually what we're seeing

is true?

Yeah, in a recent survey from the Ohio State University and actually looking at the

burnout post-COVID they found that about 66% of parents are struggling with burnout, especially working parents and more likely with

moms than with dads.

And we can theorize as to why.

And they've said that parents that are struggling

with either anxiety or having kids that are struggling

with anxiety and ADHD are more likely

to be feeling that burnout in a big way.

Yeah.

Well we're going to listen now to a conversation a little bit more about burnout and how to

prevent it.

It's Ashley Willis talking with Focus President Jim Daly. Ashley has four kids and she talked about something

that can indeed lead to burnout in your parenting journey.

You've identified four peace pirates, these things that rob our joy and rob us of the moment.

What are they?

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