Bedtime, shops and eating stress parents out
GETTING kids to bed, doing the weekly food shop and meal times have been named on a list of parents’ biggest stress triggers.
A study of 2000 mums and dads found the daily worries that put parents on edge also include bath time, getting homework finished and keeping screen time to a minimum.
Getting home from work in time to wish them goodnight, knowing the right foods to feed your kids and successfully getting out the door on time also featured on the list.
While just paying for petrol is a nightmare for a third of parents who have to get their young children in and out of the car.
It also emerged the average parent finds themselves feeling stressed six times a day and believes the age of five is when children peak and become their most demanding.
The research was conducted by BPme, a new app that allows customers to pay for their fuel without leaving their car.
The study also found children wreak the most havoc and cause the most stress in the home (46 per cent) but continue their chaotic ways at the shops (13 per cent) and when out in restaurants (10 per cent).
Eighty-two per cent of parents said their offspring were a bit naughty when they weren’t looking, but two-thirds have had moments where they’ve found their kids’ antics more funny than stressful.
It also emerged three-quarters spend longer, now they have children, doing simple tasks than before they became parents. Just getting out the front door takes an additional 12 minutes every time, with kids adding 14 minutes on to the food shop and 11 extra minutes just to get dressed in the morning.