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    As a parent, it's important to practice self-care. Self-care includes physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual activities to take care of oneself. Neglecting self-care can negatively impact both parents and children. When parents neglect self-care, they may experience higher stress, weaker immune systems, depression, and anger issues. Children of parents who neglect self-care can learn that prioritizing health, relationships, and self are not important. It's important for parents to practice self-care through activities like eating well, exercising, spending time with friends, relaxing activities, and asking for help from other adults.

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    As a parent, it's important to practice self-care. Self-care includes physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual activities to take care of oneself. Neglecting self-care can negatively impact both parents and children. When parents neglect self-care, they may experience higher stress, weaker immune systems, depression, and anger issues. Children of parents who neglect self-care can learn that prioritizing health, relationships, and self are not important. It's important for parents to practice self-care through activities like eating well, exercising, spending time with friends, relaxing activities, and asking for help from other adults.

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    Self Care for Parents

    As a parent, it’s important that you take care of yourself! If you’re like most
    moms and dads, you need to be told that it’s okay to do things for yourself.
    Practicing self care is an important step to becoming a better parent.

    “Self Care” includes the simple, physical things but it also includes more
    psychological, social and even spiritual time for ourselves:

    DO YOU TAKE CARE OF DO YOU TAKE CARE OF YOUR DO YOU TAKE CARE OF YOUR
    YOUR PHYSICAL SELF? MENTAL/EMOTIONAL SELF? CREATIVE/SPIRITUAL SELF?
    • Eat regularly in healthy ways • Spend time and stay in touch • Give yourself quiet time for
    with friends & family self-reflection
    • Get exercise
    • Express emotions, allow yourself • Attend a local place of worship
    • Receive regular, preventive to cry, talk about feelings
    medical care • Write in a journal
    • Find activities that make
    • Sleep enough • Spend time out in nature
    you happy or relaxed
    • Take time away from the • Enjoy a hobby or learn
    • Work on your marriage or
    phone, email, TV, etc. something new
    other relationships
    • Spend time outdoors in fresh • Say no to extra responsibilities
    air and natural light

    What happens to a PARENT What happens to a CHILD


    when he or she neglects self care? when a parent neglects self care?
    Parents often feel pressured to give so much to our We teach our kids that it’s okay to neglect things like healthy
    children that we forget to take care of ourselves, eating habits, respecting our bodies and relationships with
    or we feel guilty for taking care of ourselves. partners are not important. Plus, parenting can become an
    When ANYONE neglects to take care of him even greater challenge than it already is! It takes ENERGY to
    or herself, they put stress on their mind and be a good parent. When we’re not taking care of ourselves,
    body. This stress can lead to physical effects like a we can be irritable, exhausted or sad. But positive, proactive
    weaker immune system and high blood pressure, parenting takes patience, energy and optimism. If we don’t
    but it can also lead to mental effects such as take care of ourselves, it becomes even more difficult
    depression and anger management issues. to care for our children.

    It’s okay to ask for help: Sometimes practicing self care - especially in the beginning
    - means asking other adults for help. Getting another adult to support you in self care can be a
    big help in making it a permanent part of your life!

    For more parenting resources, download our


    SCAN Parent Resource Center App or visit
    w w w. sc anva. org / p rc

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