NO EASY TASK:People should not hesitate to ask relatives or friends for help with their children, as childcare can be stressful, a university professor said

Taipei Times
Date: Aug 06, 2019
By: Jonathan Chin  /  Staff writer, with CNA

Parents should take time to care for themselves, the John Tung Foundation’s Mental Health Center said on Sunday, citing a British study which found that the average parent experiences 40 minutes of child-related anxiety per day.

The study also found that parents reported feeling stress at least six times a day, the center said in a statement.

The most common anxiety triggers include misbehavior by children, putting children to bed, trying to feed them a certain type of food, preventing them from watching too much TV or using devices excessively, and asking them to clean their rooms, the center quoted the study as saying.

Forty-six percent of British parents said that their children wrecked wide swathes of their homes, while 13 percent and 10 percent said their children caused damage to stores and restaurants respectively.    [FULL  STORY]