🧠 Mental Health Check-In for Parents

🧘 Overview

Parenting is constant — and it's easy to lose track of how you are doing. This check-in is here to help you pause, reflect, and realign. You can use it weekly, monthly, or anytime you feel off balance.

You deserve to be well — not just functional.

📝 How to Use This Page

• Find 5–10 quiet minutes
• Answer the prompts below honestly
• There are no right answers
• This is not about fixing yourself — it’s about noticing yourself

🌡️ 1. Mood & Energy

On a scale of 1–5 (1 = low, 5 = high):

• Overall mood today:
• Energy level:
• Stress level:
• Patience with my child(ren):
• Patience with myself:

What’s one word that describes how you feel right now?

💬 2. Journal Prompts

• What’s been weighing on me lately?
• What have I been avoiding or putting off?
• What’s something I need but haven’t asked for?
• What’s something I’m proud of this week — big or small?
• If I could give myself one kind word or reminder today, what would it be?

🧩 3. Check-In with Needs

How am I doing in these areas:

What's one small thing I could do this week to support one of these needs?

❤️ 4. Permission Slips

Give yourself permission to:

• Feel multiple things at once
• Ask for help
• Rest when you’re tired
• Parent imperfectly
• Say no
• Change your mind
• Not respond to texts right away
• Be a human, not just a caregiver

📚 Sources

1. Postpartum Support International. “Mental Health Tools for Parents”
2. American Psychological Association. “Monitoring Mental Wellness in Parenthood”
3. The Gottman Institute. “Parental Stress & Emotional Awareness”