Parent mental health

Feeling stressed, overwhelmed or low? You're not alone. The topics below will provide useful advice.

Parenting mental health

Blogs
Birth trauma: how to recognise when you're struggling
A lady wrapped in a blanket representative of experiencing birth trauma
Birth trauma: how to recognise when you're struggling
Blogs
How to improve your self-esteem
How to improve your self-esteem
Blogs
How to recover from burnout
Mother with baby looking stressed
How to recover from burnout
Blogs
How to deal with stress
Lady looking stressed holding her glasses
How to deal with stress
Blogs
Mental Health Awareness Week 2025: self-care ideas
Lady sitting by window meditating
Mental Health Awareness Week 2025: self-care ideas
Parenting Tips
10 Top tips for managing parenting stress
Parent with their child, meditating outdoors to deal with stress
10 Top tips for managing parenting stress
Parenting Tips
Parental burnout: what you can do to feel better
Mother hugging her daughter
Parental burnout: what you can do to feel better
Blogs
Making your Mental Health a Priority
Two pairs of hands gently holding a heart to symbolise the importance of prioritising mental health
Making your Mental Health a Priority

Parenting at Christmas 

Parenting Tips
Co-parenting at Christmas
A divorced mother sipping a hot drink from a Christmas themed mug
Co-parenting at Christmas
Blogs
How to cope with family tensions at Christmas time
Girl playing in the snow is relaxed, at ease and not affected by any tension within her family at Christmas
How to cope with family tensions at Christmas time
Blogs
Christmas depression and anxiety: how can you look after your mental health?
Young person looking into a shop window at Christmas
Christmas depression and anxiety: how can you look after your mental health?
Parenting Tips
Grief Awareness Week 2023: 6+ tips on coping with grief and loss at Christmas
A man experiencing grief and loss at Christmas time
Grief Awareness Week 2023: 6+ tips on coping with grief and loss at Christmas

Family Support Service

Spurgeons is working hard to make sure we can continue to support as many families as possible and provide parenting help where it's needed. If you are looking to speak with someone, we are also offering online one-to-one support to parents.   

Family support service

Resources to support your parenting journey

Explore our digital family hub which is filled with parenting resources to support you with family life. 

Resources and courses