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Parenting Stress
Parenting brings substantial challenges. Parents who have sufficient financial resources, social connections, limited stress, and good physical and mental health are in a better position to offer their children stable, responsive relationships than parents who struggle to make ends meet, feel isolated or overwhelmed, or have poor mental health.
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Browse state-level data on parenting stress alongside other outcome measures to track the overall health and wellbeing of infants and toddlers and their parents.
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