Challenges to parenting can produce considerable stress, which may deteriorate the quality of the parent-child relationship. Environmental stressors, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, surely have increased parental stress. Mindful Parenting is a structured mindfulness training program. It focuses on mindfulness-based skills for parents, including parenting with beginner’s mind, awareness of strong emotions in parents and child, mindfully responding to parenting stress, fostering compassion, and taking care of oneself.

In this talk Prof. Bogels will compare the options of self-help and online format with an ordinary face to face mindfulness program that may be suitable for these challenging times.