Four Tips on how parents can relieve stress
Stress can sometimes be overwhelming, having to take care of the family, work, and other engagements. If stress is not managed it can lead to serious health issues.
In bright hope school, we not only focus on the holistic care of the child but also care about our parent's health.
But what is stress? How serious can it be? How can I manage it? You’ll gain the answers by reading this article.
Learning how to manage stress requires practice, and it is possible for parents to practice stress management.
Let's start with what stress is. Stress is any type of change that causes physical, emotional, or psychological strain on you.
Stress can be a serious health issue if not managed, it really deals with the psychological part of the body extending to the physical part, and it may lead to health problems like high blood pressure, muscle weakness, irritability, weight loss, frequent headache, low sugar level, it can even lead to death.
Sounds frightening? It shouldn’t because the good news is that stress can be managed, let's take a look at some ways:
- Visit the hospital for medical check-ups:
Health practitioners highly recommend medical checkups for everyone, you don’t have to do this always, at most once a month is sufficient.
Some health issues come as a shock to people, visiting the hospital keeps you updated with your health status, and detects issues as early as possible.
- Adequate diet
Having an adequate meal has so much to do with controlling stress, it helps and strengthens the body, supplies more nutrients for body build-up and keeps you fresh and young.
What comes to your mind when a proper meal is mentioned? Is it chunks or snacks? Well, let's find out. An adequate meal is a meal that contains more or less the six classes of food at their right proportion. It doesn't necessarily mean it should contain all the six food classes, still, it should have more or less a minimum of four.
Vegetables and fruits are a major constituent of controlling stress as they boost your immune system and prevent some common diseases from occurring.
- Sleep
With different commitments and responsibilities as a parent, it might be a challenge to have sufficient sleep. Sleeping at a minimum of 6 to 8 hours will greatly affect your body. How? Sleep relaxes the body, and makes you active for the next day. You can choose to nap in the afternoon before the children return from school.
- Exercise
Exercise is very important to the body, it keeps you fit and builds up your immune system.
Having to practice exercise sounds challenging. However, you can start as simple as practising some stretches every morning and walking around the house.
Exercise keeps you active and alleviates some pains and weaknesses in your body that could be caused by stress.
- Listening to music
According to researchers, slow and calm music has a way of relaxing and soothing the nerves, brain and the body as a whole. These also play a vital role in relieving stress.
Music can be played anywhere that permits e.g at work, while at home, etc.
Conclusion
In conclusion, stress can be draining both physically, mentally, and otherwise. This article has outlined some things that can be helpful to manage stress.
We encourage you to try and practice some of these tips. With sound health, you can tackle responsibilities efficiently.
At Bright hope school, we care and always have every parent and guardian in mind, because they are the reason why the children are in school. So parents, please take the initiative of caring for your health. Bright Hope cares!
