The Parental Burnout Test

Assess your stress levels with this self-assessment by Catherine Pearson to catch burnout early and begin practicing much-needed self-care.

The 10 questions in this tool won’t give you any kind of clinical diagnosis, but they can help clarify how depleted you feel and encourage you to seek the support you may need.

Score each statement from 1-5:

• 1- Not at all
• 2- A little
• 3- Somewhat
• 4- Moderately so
• Very much so

I get or feel easily irritated with my children.

I feel that I am not the good parent that I used to be to my children.

I wake up exhausted at the thought of another day with my children.

I find joy in parenting my children.

I have guilt about being a working parent, which affects how I parent my children.

I feel as if I am in survival mode as a parent.

Parenting my children is stressful.

I lose my temper easily with my children.

I feel overwhelmed trying to balance my job and parenting responsibilities.

I am doing a good job being a parent.

Explore the full article and interactive assessment published by The New York Times.