Parental Well-Being: Another Dimension of Adult Well-Being

Abstract

Since healthy parents are more likely to provide a fulfilling childhood to their children, it seems crucial to examine those aspects of parenthood that add to parental well-being. The present article discusses the theoretical relationship between well-being and parenting within the contemporary social and relational context by underlining how society and children play significant roles in determining parental well-being.

Parents’ loneliness in sole and joint physical custody families

“…Although there has been considerable research activity on the effects of JPC in the last decades, studies on this topic have concentrated almost exclusively on children’s well-being (Steinbach, 2019), which may be the case because most laws on physical custody arrangements (like those in Germany) stress that the “best interest of the child” should guide decisions on physical custody, ignoring its effects on parents. This is unfortunate, given that well-being is not only important for parents themselves in terms of decision making and life chances, but can also directly and indirectly affect the well-being of their children (e.g., Augustijn, 2022; Gupta, 2022).…”