"But the Christmas cards remain unwritten, the to-do list keeps growing, and that Labubu doll your child desperately wants appears to have vanished from the face of the earth. If you're feeling frayed in the final days before Christmas, you're not alone. But research suggests this festive overload doesn't just leave parents tired and irritable it may also make it harder to be emotionally honest with their children."
"A longitudinal study tracking nearly 300 UK parents through the Christmas period found that as burnout rises, parents are more likely to suppress how they really feel in subsequent moments, with potential consequences for their own wellbeing and for how children learn about emotions. Parental burnout is a relatively new concept, describing chronic exhaustion, emotional distancing and loss of fulfilment tied specifically to parenting."
A longitudinal study tracked 293 UK parents in real time across the Christmas season using brief smartphone surveys several times a day. Parental burnout encompassed chronic exhaustion, emotional distancing and loss of fulfilment tied specifically to parenting. As burnout rose, parents became more likely to suppress how they truly felt in subsequent moments, with potential consequences for parental wellbeing and for how children learn about emotions. Routines, social expectations and financial pressures during the holidays amplify parenting stress while reducing usual recovery resources. Previous research relied mainly on one-off surveys, missing day-to-day fluctuations that real-time methods reveal.
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