PARENTAL BURNOUT ASSESSMENT

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This assessment has been designed to accurately indicate your current level of Parental Burnout Syndrome.

There are 20 multiple-choice questions that should take 3-5 minutes to complete. Your results will be shown at the end and a copy will be sent directly to your inbox.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Think about your life as a parent over the past six weeks. Read each statement and choose HOW OFTEN you would agree with each one.

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You feel physically, mentally and emotionally depleted by parenting.

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RARELY (once per month or less)

SOMETIMES (2-3 times per month)

WEEKLY (1-2 times per week)

MOST DAYS (3-5 times per week)

EVERY DAY (6-7 times per week)

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Your parental exhaustion is deeper than just needing to take a break or to get more sleep. *

RARELY (once per month or less)

SOMETIMES (2-3 times per month)

WEEKLY (1-2 times per week)

MOST DAYS (3-5 times per week)

EVERY DAY (6-7 times per week)

Just thinking about spending another day with your kids puts your stomach in knots. *

RARELY (once per month or less)

SOMETIMES (2-3 times per month)

WEEKLY (1-2 times per week)

MOST DAYS (3-5 times per week)

EVERY DAY (6-7 times per week)

You feel fine when you're away from your kids, but parenting drains all of your energy. *

RARELY (once per month or less)

SOMETIMES (2-3 times per month)

WEEKLY (1-2 times per week)

MOST DAYS (3-5 times per week)

EVERY DAY (6-7 times per week)

Your kids irritate you like never before. You wish they would leave you alone. *

RARELY (once per month or less)

SOMETIMES (2-3 times per month)

WEEKLY (1-2 times per week)

MOST DAYS (3-5 times per week)

EVERY DAY (6-7 times per week)

Even if your kids are happy and having fun, you feel saturated in agitation with them. *

RARELY (once per month or less)

SOMETIMES (2-3 times per month)

WEEKLY (1-2 times per week)

MOST DAYS (3-5 times per week)

EVERY DAY (6-7 times per week)

When your child whines, your whole body tenses up and you just need silence. *

RARELY (once per month or less)

SOMETIMES (2-3 times per month)

WEEKLY (1-2 times per week)

MOST DAYS (3-5 times per week)

EVERY DAY (6-7 times per week)

You long for more personal space without kids and their hot skin touching you. *

RARELY (once per month or less)

SOMETIMES (2-3 times per month)

WEEKLY (1-2 times per week)

MOST DAYS (3-5 times per week)

EVERY DAY (6-7 times per week)

Even when your kids are hurt or upset, you no longer feel any empathy for them. *

RARELY (once per month or less)

SOMETIMES (2-3 times per month)

WEEKLY (1-2 times per week)

MOST DAYS (3-5 times per week)

EVERY DAY (6-7 times per week)

Your kids will not cooperate with you and it makes you feel like a total failure. *

RARELY (once per month or less)

SOMETIMES (2-3 times per month)

WEEKLY (1-2 times per week)

MOST DAYS (3-5 times per week)

EVERY DAY (6-7 times per week)

It makes you furious when your child acts out. You respond too harshly. *

RARELY (once per month or less)

SOMETIMES (2-3 times per month)

WEEKLY (1-2 times per week)

MOST DAYS (3-5 times per week)

EVERY DAY (6-7 times per week)

You don't want to yell at your kids and you try not to. But you can't help it and start yelling. *

RARELY (once per month or less)

SOMETIMES (2-3 times per month)

WEEKLY (1-2 times per week)

MOST DAYS (3-5 times per week)

EVERY DAY (6-7 times per week)

You don't enjoy spending time with your kids anymore, and you avoid it whenever you can. *

RARELY (once per month or less)

SOMETIMES (2-3 times per month)

WEEKLY (1-2 times per week)

MOST DAYS (3-5 times per week)

EVERY DAY (6-7 times per week)

Being a parent no longer brings you any pleasure, pride or life satisfaction. *

RARELY (once per month or less)

SOMETIMES (2-3 times per month)

WEEKLY (1-2 times per week)

MOST DAYS (3-5 times per week)

EVERY DAY (6-7 times per week)

You want to live, laugh and enjoy life, but instead you feel like a drowning parent. *

RARELY (once per month or less)

SOMETIMES (2-3 times per month)

WEEKLY (1-2 times per week)

MOST DAYS (3-5 times per week)

EVERY DAY (6-7 times per week)

You resent the fact that you're burning out as a parent while others enjoy their freedom. *

RARELY (once per month or less)

SOMETIMES (2-3 times per month)

WEEKLY (1-2 times per week)

MOST DAYS (3-5 times per week)

EVERY DAY (6-7 times per week)

You don't like yourself anymore for the kind of parent you've become. *

RARELY (once per month or less)

SOMETIMES (2-3 times per month)

WEEKLY (1-2 times per week)

MOST DAYS (3-5 times per week)

EVERY DAY (6-7 times per week)

Your deep sense of failure as a parent makes you feel guilty and ashamed. *

RARELY (once per month or less)

SOMETIMES (2-3 times per month)

WEEKLY (1-2 times per week)

MOST DAYS (3-5 times per week)

EVERY DAY (6-7 times per week)

You feel like a bad parent, and think your family would be better off without you. *

RARELY (once per month or less)

SOMETIMES (2-3 times per month)

WEEKLY (1-2 times per week)

MOST DAYS (3-5 times per week)

EVERY DAY (6-7 times per week)

You wish you didn't have to be a parent anymore and you fantasize about leaving your kids. *

RARELY (once per month or less)

SOMETIMES (2-3 times per month)

WEEKLY (1-2 times per week)

MOST DAYS (3-5 times per week)

EVERY DAY (6-7 times per week)

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