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Chill Out Mum, it’s Stressful being a Preschooler!

New research reveals that the lives of today’s tots are deemed more stressful than that of their mums and dads in their own childhoods. Almost 40% of parents in the survey, commissioned by hit preschool show, Waybuloo, claimed that their preschooler was experiencing stress, a massive two thirds of them attributing this to the increased breakdown of family units.

Parents aren’t taking this lying down though, results also indicated a major trend among parents to seek out non traditional activities such as yoga to help their little ones unwind.

The survey, which quizzed over 1000 parents of preschool children, aimed to uncover adult’s attitudes to stress and relaxation in the nation’s under fives. Though the early years are usually considered the only stress-free time in life, the findings indicated a growing number of parents feel that the youngest members of their families had higher worry levels than they had in their own younger years.

‘Breakdown of family’ was most frequently cited as a contributing factor, with almost 60% of parents also expressing their concern that their own work or financial worries were having an impact on their preschooler’s happiness.

Many of the respondents were looking for ways to help their children relax and a huge 30% were actively considering tot’s yoga classes or attending massage classes to maintain balance in their family life.