Of the 2,000 parents surveyed by Action for Children, 82 per cent admitted to struggling with at least one of the warning signs that may indicate parental burnout – a condition identified as a ‘prolonged response to chronic and overwhelming parental stress’.
Warning signs experienced by respondents included – anxiety, disruption to sleep, feeling isolated, depression and overwhelming exhaustion mentally.
The charity is calling on the Government to urgently increase the support available for parents and carers before problems escalate in homes or schools, a situation, it says, could lead to ‘potentially significant, yet avoidable’, costs for public services.
Other key findings from the survey include:
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