Summer Break: Maintaining Your Cool while Keeps Our Kids' Brains Busy

Compassionate Heart Parenting · Jul 10, 2025 · 16m

Let's be real, parenting is way harder and way less fun than any of us were expecting.

Gentle parenting is a work in progress, a practice, similar to meditation, mindfulness, and self-compassion

“The kids are finally asleep. I'm exhausted, overwhelmed, and stressed out. The house is a mess. That thing for work is coming up. I didn't think life was going to be like this.”

“I lost my temper too many times, I tried so hard to be patient but I was on edge all day. I didn't think life was going to be like this.”

Feel familiar? This is parenting burnout and if you can relate, you are not alone…