Parental Stress Level

Some people say parenting can be very challenging or overwhelming.  Boy are those people are right!  Even though parenting can also be rewarding, those rewards to not necessarily negate the stress or challenge of it all.  Parenting is often challenging and rewarding.  The testing for parental stress levels gives Dr. Jimenez an idea of issues you might have as a parent and if your scores fall in the typical or atypical range for parents of children the same age as your child.  That is—are you more stress, less stressed, or about as stressed as the typical parent with a child of the same age and gender as yours?  

The parental stress evaluation provides some insight into what is causing stress for you as a parent and then Dr. Jimenez provides recommendations to you about how you might eliminate or differently (read: better) manage that stress.  In our society today, it’s normal to feel some level of stress, but too much stress can really affect you and your family—including your child.  

When Dr. Jimenez has a good idea about your level of stress and in what areas of life that stress is coming from, she can provide some objective and subjective recommendations to help you decrease that level of stress.  If your stress level is not outside of the normal range, she may also be able to provide some relief to you in knowing that you are not alone.  

Although you are feeling stressed, your stress is about the same for other parents of children the same age and gender of your child.