How Can Parents Engage in Self-Care to Avoid Burnout? Part 21

This Harvard Medical School Continuing Education video examines the key question: how can parents engage in self-care to avoid burnout?
Dr. Erica Lee, PhD, highlights the importance of parental self-care in the overall health of a family. Strategies for prioritizing parental self-care include ideas for taking short breaks, identifying family and community support, and modeling healthy coping skills.
Dr. Lee is an instructor in psychology at Harvard Medical School, and this video is part 21 in the 21-part series: Child and Adolescent Mental Health.
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00:00 | Why is parental self-care important?
00:53 | Prioritizing self-care
02:31 | Adopting health coping skills
03:20 | Give yourself some credit
This video was peer reviewed by Dr. Martina McGrath, MB, BCh, FRCPI, PGDip Med Ed, Associate Physician, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, to validate the quality and accuracy of the content.
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Notice: At this time, the content in this video is not accredited.