Identifying Issues
What are the factors and issues that many mothers identify as challenging?
There are stressful aspects to childcare for any parent. Research has identified some key stressors that affect mothers of children with a disability. Mothers find it important to learn about the top ten stressors for two main reasons:
- So you can identify what might fit your situation
- So you can start to work on how to reduce the impact of that factor in your own situation.
Here are the top 10 that push up the pressure gauge for a lot of mums. Read more about each issue by downloading a PDF of the fact sheet:
- Identified life supports
- Family life cycle
- Needs/experiences of children
- Paid work
- Sleep
- Challenging behaviour
- Child’s emotional wellbeing
- Mother’s empowerment around disability
- Service gaps
- Engagement in health promoting activities
What are the factors and issues that many mothers identify as challenging?
Here are the top 10 that push up the pressure gauge for a lot of mums. Read more about each issue by downloading a PDF of the fact sheet.
Here is a video that describes the 10 stressful factors in more detail:
It can be difficult to work out the difference between exhaustion, stress and a more serious issue affecting your mental health, and one for which you might seek medical or psychological assistance.
Resources
- Fact Sheet: Top 10 Issues for Mothers: What Impacts Stress? (PDF)
- Fact Sheet: Identified Life Supports (PDF)
- Fact Sheet: Family Life Cycle (PDF)
- Fact Sheet: Needs or Experiences of Children (PDF)
- Fact Sheet: Paid Work (PDF)
- Fact Sheet: Sleep (PDF)
- Fact Sheet: Challenging behaviour (PDF)
- Fact Sheet: Emotional Wellbeing of Children (PDF)
- Fact Sheet: Empowerment Around Disability (PDF)
- Fact Sheet: Service Gaps (PDF)
- Gina McAdam on Councelling (Video)
- Stress and Mothers (Video)
- Top 10 Causes of Stress (Video)
- GP JenniferNeil on When to Seek Help (Video)
Program Modules
-   About the Program
- 1 The Journey of Mothers
- 2 Health & Research Findings
- 3 What Mothers Say About Stress
- 4 Healthy Mind, Healthy Mother
- 5 Active Healthy Mother
- 6 Healthy Eating
- 7 Bringing Support Around You and Your Family
- 8 Managing Healthy Home Routines and Having Fun in the Community
- 9 Time-for-Me Planning
- 10 Finding Balance & Staying Strong