When you don’t have any family available to help

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges of parenting without nearby family support and explores strategies to cope with stress and avoid burnout.

“How are we all coping without any family to help nearby?? I’m in this situation — and also a single parent — and it’s hard. What are we all doing to avoid burnout and stress? Anything?”

People in this episode

Hosts: Frankie Tortora, Steve Folland

Topics covered

• family support
• single parenting
• burnout
• stress management
• coping strategies

Keywords

• family help
• single parent
• burnout
• stress
• coping mechanisms

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