Parental Burnout: How Pressure to Measure Up is Exhausting Millennials (and everyone else!)

Let's face it, parenting in today's world can be taxing. With impossible societal standards and unattainable social media ideals for what parents should be, it's no wonder people are feeling burnt out. Author Anne Helen Petersen began to notice that she and her peers were struggling to accomplish simple tasks. As she reviewed articles about what she was noticing, she came to recognize this experience as burnout.   What came next was her viral article and her subsequent book, I Can’t Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation. Petersen joins us to discuss parental burnout among millennials (and all parents). She explores societal standards of parenting, parental guilt, how the parenting millennials experienced influences how they parent their own children, and how we might alleviate burnout.   Tune into this relatable episode of Mom Enough and know that even if you aren’t a millennial, you will walk away with new insights on why you might be burned out too.   IN WHAT WAYS DO YOU FEEL PARENTAL BURNOUT? What could you do differently to feel less burnout? How do societal standards (or social media ideals) contribute to your burnout or shape your views of how you are parenting? How much are you prioritizing “me time” at this point in your parenting? What else do you need to feel less burned out?   WANT LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR GUEST AND GET TIPS ON COUNTERACTING BURNOUT WITH SOME "ME TIME"? ❉ CULTURE STUDY. Check out Anne Helen Petersen's newsletter to read more of her insights on culture.   ❉ WHY “ME TIME” MATTERS. Check out this episode of Mom Enough to learn why "me time" is important and how you and your children benefit when you take care of yourself.