{"id":54,"date":"2013-02-06T11:34:43","date_gmt":"2013-02-06T16:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wellness\/?page_id=54"},"modified":"2020-11-24T10:30:52","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T15:30:52","slug":"parenting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wellness\/social-well-being\/parenting\/","title":{"rendered":"Parenting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wellness\/files\/2016\/06\/iStock_90470731_LARGE-636x424.jpg\" alt=\"Parents and their two children eating at kitchen table\" class=\" wp-image-1290 alignright\" height=\"204\" width=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wellness\/files\/2016\/06\/iStock_90470731_LARGE-636x424.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wellness\/files\/2016\/06\/iStock_90470731_LARGE-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 306px) 100vw, 306px\" \/>Families are both a joy and a challenge at each stage of the life cycle.\u00a0 Going to work after having or adopting a baby, juggling the schedules of working parents with children and older family members, and dealing with illness or death are only a few of the many family situations that make finding a work\/life balance difficult. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/childrens-center\/family-resources\/\">Family Resources<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/fsao\/resources\/family\/\">Faculty Staff Assistance Office<\/a> are here to support you with the various parenting issues you may be facing.<\/p>\n<p><b>Issues Families Face:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Finding balance in work life and personal life<\/li>\n<li>Differing parenting styles and strategies<\/li>\n<li>Differing priorities in work life and personal life<\/li>\n<li>Time management and not having enough time<\/li>\n<li>Varying degrees of involvement in family life<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Some signs that you may need some extra help as a parent:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Arguments with your family<\/li>\n<li>Feeling at odds with your child most of the time<\/li>\n<li>Feeling at odds with your spouse or ex-spouse<\/li>\n<li>Feeling overwhelmed and exhausted<\/li>\n<li>Irritability, moodiness, anxiety, or social isolation<\/li>\n<li>Neglecting previously enjoyable activities<\/li>\n<li>Changes in appetite or eating habits<\/li>\n<li>Confusion regarding effective and appropriate discipline<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Issues Children Face:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Limited quality time and interactions with immediate family<\/li>\n<li>Lack of support during life transitions and milestones<\/li>\n<li>Adjusting to changes in family structure<\/li>\n<li>Coping with a family crisis, including illness or death<\/li>\n<li>Exposure to substance abuse<\/li>\n<li>Poor school performance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Ways that children show you they may need additional support:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Negative attention seeking behaviors<\/li>\n<li>Persistent testing of limits<\/li>\n<li>Persistent moodiness<\/li>\n<li>Temper tantrums<\/li>\n<li>Developmental regression<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Families are both a joy and a challenge at each stage of the life cycle.\u00a0 Going to work after having or adopting a baby, juggling the schedules of working parents with children and older family members, and dealing with illness or death are only a few of the many family situations that make finding a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6197,"featured_media":0,"parent":881,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6197"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2929,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54\/revisions\/2929"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}