• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
City Dads Group

City Dads Group

Navigating Fatherhood Together

  • About
  • Cities
  • Boot Camps
  • Press
  • Podcast
  • Blog
  • Contact

Parenting Self-Care Videos to Help You Get Your Groove Back

December 14, 2020 by Kevin McKeever

parenting self-care meditation 1

Why is parenting self-care more important than ever? Because it’s been a trying year for everyone, but parents with young children have been hit especially hard because of COVID-19.

Schools replaced with remote learning, making moms and dads full-time teachers. Daycares closed. Playgroups forbidden. Playgrounds taped off. Youth sports canceled. Even the family vacation got scrubbed in 2020.

If you haven’t burned out yet, you’re probably on the brink.

The need for parents to practice self-care is greater than ever because of the added stress and demands on our time. Self-care isn’t being selfish. It’s ensuring you are healthy, relaxed and ready so you can be at the top of your game when the ones you love need you most.

Parental self-care takes many forms. It can be five minutes of daily mediation, regular walks in the woods, taking breaks from electronics or just about anything that puts you and your well-being front and center for at least a part of your day. The result: a calmer, happier you who can better deal with what life and those darn kids throw at you.

To help you rejuvenate this holiday season, our longtime partner Dove Men+Care has cultivated a special playlist of self-care videos for moms and dads from its “Dads Care” campaign.

+ + View the parenting self-care videos + +

These videos, part of the dad-produced “how to” series the men’s grooming products company oversaw this year, cover several topics that can help you get your groove back in the coming new year. These parenting self-care topics include:

  • How to Embrace Imperfect Parenting
  • How To Have a Date Night With Kids in the House
  • How To Do Yoga at Home With Kids
  • How to Exercise with Kids at Home

City Dads Group members have done several of these “Dads Care” videos, some of which have been highlighted on this blog.

Photo: © Antipina / Adobe Stock.

You might also enjoy:

Filed Under: health Tagged With: Dove Men+Care, self-care, sponsored event / post, tips, video

About Kevin McKeever

City Dads Group Editor Kevin McKeever runs Write On, Kevin Communications when not being an at-home dad to three: boy, girl and canine. He wrote a two-time nationally award-winning newspaper column, blogs at Always Home and Uncool and tweets as @homeanduncool. His work has been featured in USA Today, Canada’s Globe and Mail, the New York Daily News and landfills worldwide.

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

Join Your Local Group

Your local City Dads Group is a welcoming and diverse community of engaged fathers sharing parenting perspectives, knowledge and experiences.

Join Join your local group

Subscribe to our Newsletter

Find us on Social

  • About City Dads
  • Press
  • Media Kit
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact

© 2023 City Dads Group All Rights Reserved.