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Stress and The Importance of Self Care
Be Sure To Take Care of Yourself!

While it's hard to take time out to nurture yourself when you have so much else going on, it's also important. Here are some self care tips:

Also, if you're a parent, you should pay particular attention to this. Parents and caregivers have a difficult job, and are actually at increased risk for depression! Visit the Parenting Stress section for help. If you better care for yourself, you can better care for them.

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