Parents, especially mothers and single parents, experience significant stress from the mental load of childcare and housework.

The decline in extended family and community support contributes to increased parental stress.

Parents make thousands of decisions each day, from meal planning to education to planning schedules and keeping financial records. While moms and dads are both susceptible to these stressors, a recent study suggests that in many families, moms bear the brunt of it. Single parents are most affected.

We often think of the hands-on, physical tasks that come with parenting, but domestic cognitive labor, defined by “The Journal of Marriage and Family” as the invisible thinking work associated with childcare and housework, may take an even bigger toll on mental health.

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