Wilde Zeiten - Zwei Therapeutinnen über das Elternsein

In dieser Folge sprechen wir darüber, warum Mental Load in vielen Familien ungleich verteilt ist – historisch, gesellschaftlich und im Alltag ganz konkret. Wir beleuchten, welche Auswirkungen ein dauerhaft zu hoher Mental Load hat und warum besonders Mütter darunter leiden. Außerdem teilen wir praktische Tipps, wie Paare Aufgaben fairer verteilen können, wie Kommunikation leichter gelingt und welche kleinen Veränderungen im Alltag sofort Entlastung bringen. Fragen, Feedback oder Themenwünsche? Schreib uns an Podcast@juni-therapie.de Quellen:  Aviv, E., Waizman, Y., Kim, E., Liu, J., Rodsky, E., & Saxbe, D. (2024). Cognitive household labor: Gender disparities and consequences for maternal mental health and wellbeing. Archives of Women’s Mental Health, 28(1), 5–14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-024-01490-w Bianchi, S. M., Sayer, L. C., Milkie, M. A., & Robinson, J. P. (2012). Housework: Who did, does or will do it, and how much does it matter? Social Forces, 91(1), 55–63. Carlson, D. L., Miller, A. J., & Rudd, S. (2020). Division of housework, communication, and couples’ relationship satisfaction. Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World, 6, Article 2378023120924805. Haupt, A., & Gelbgiser, D. (2022). The unequal division of cognitive labor and the mental load (Preprint). https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/tsfu6 McKeown, J. K. (2021). Carrying the mental load: Examining implications for families, women’s leisure, and gender justice. In Families, sport, leisure and social justice (pp. 47–58). Routledge. Reich-Stiebert, N., Froehlich, L., & Voltmer, J.-B. (2023). Gendered mental labor: A systematic literature review on the cognitive dimension of unpaid work within the household and childcare. Sex Roles, 88(11–12), 475–494.  Schulz, R., & Sherwood, P. R. (2008). Physical and mental health effects of family caregiving. American Journal of Nursing, 108(9 Suppl), 23–27.  Für euch, liebe Hörerinnen: Wenn ihr herausfinden möchtet, wie der Mental Load in eurer Familie verteilt ist, findet ihr hier zwei hilfreiche Fragebögen: LEA-Checkliste Mental Load für Paare & Kinder: https://letsempoweraustria.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/LEA_Checkliste-Mental-Load_Paare_Kinder.pdf Equal Care Day Mental Load Home-Test: https://equalcareday.org/mental-load-home-de.pdf

In dieser Folge sprechen wir darüber, was im Gehirn von Müttern und Vätern passiert, wenn ihr Baby weint – und welche Rolle unsere eigene Kindheit dabei spielt. Wir erklären, wie Emotionsregulation und Coregulation funktionieren, warum entspannte Eltern nicht automatisch ein entspanntes Kind haben und welchen Einfluss Genetik auf Schreiverhalten und frühe Regulationsstörungen hat. Fragen, Feedback oder Themenwünsche? Schreib uns an Podcast@juni-therapie.de. Quellen: Abraham, E., Hendler, T., Shapira-Lichter, I., Kanat-Maymon, Y., Zagoory-Sharon, O., & Feldman, R. (2014). Father’s brain is sensitive to childcare experiences. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(27), 9792–9797. Gilbert, P. (2010). An introduction to compassion focused therapy in cognitive behavior therapy. International Journal of Cognitive Therapy, 3(2), 97–112. Gratz, K. L., & Roemer, L. (2004). Multidimensional assessment of emotion regulation and dysregulation: Development, factor structure, and initial validation of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 26(1), 41–54. Gross, J. J. (2015). Emotion regulation: Current status and future prospects. Psychological Inquiry, 26(1), 1–26. Martin, R., & Young, J. (2010). Schema therapy. In K. S. Dobson (Ed.), Handbook of cognitive-behavioral therapies (pp. 317–346). Guilford Press. Mobbs, D., Hagan, C. C., Dalgleish, T., Silston, B., & Prévost, C. (2011). Maternal neural responses to infant distress. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 6(4), 404–413. Parsons, C. E., Young, K. S., Murray, L., Stein, A., & Kringelbach, M. L. (2010). The functional neuroanatomy of the parent–infant bond: The parent’s response to infant cry. Social Neuroscience, 5(1), 1–14. Seifritz, E., Esposito, F., Neuhoff, J. G., Luthi, A., Mustovic, H., Dammann, G., … Di Salle, F. (2003). Differential sensitivity of human auditory cortex to infant crying: Effects of sex and parental status. NeuroReport, 14(2), 231–235. Swain, J. E., Kim, P., & Ho, S. S. (2011). Neurobiology of parent–infant bonding: fMRI studies of the neural basis of maternal caregiving. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 52(4), 362–376. Tan, L., & Smith, C. L. (2019). Intergenerational transmission of maternal emotion regulation to child emotion regulation: Moderated mediation of maternal positive and negative emotions. Emotion, 19(7), 1284–1295. van den Berg, M. P., Tuvblad, C., & Lichtenstein, P. (2025). Genetic and environmental influences on infant crying and settling: A twin study. JCPP Advances, 5(1), e1293. Wolke, D., Bilgin, A., & Samara, M. (2017). Systematic review and meta-analysis: Fussing and crying durations and their relationship to developmental outcomes. Child: Care, Health and Development, 43(4), 483–494. Yan, J. J., Schoppe-Sullivan, S., Wu, Q., & Han, Z. R. (2021). Associations from parental mindfulness and emotion regulation to child emotion regulation through parenting: The moderating role of coparenting in Chinese families. Mindfulness, 12(6), 1513–1523. Musik: „Upbeat Motivational Acoustic Corporate“ von Music for Creators, Freemusicarchive.org

Unter Eltern gibt es kaum ein heißer diskutiertes Thema als Schlaftraining. Der Wunsch nach Schlaf ist groß – die Angst, etwas falsch zu machen ebenso. Wir schauen, was die Forschung wirklich über Schlaftrainings sagt: Wie wirken sie auf Kinderschlaf, die mentale Gesundheit von Kind und Eltern und die Eltern-Kind-Bindung? Zwischen Wissenschaft, Alltag und therapeutischer Erfahrung – ehrlich, empathisch und ohne Dogma. Fragen, Feedback oder Themenwünsche? Schreib uns an podcast@juni-therapie.de Quellen:  Carpenter, R. G., Irgens, L. M., Blair, P. S., England, P. D., Fleming, P. J., Huber, J., & SIDS-CESDI Collaborative Group. (2004). Sudden unexplained infant death in 20 regions in Europe: Case control study. The Lancet, 363(9404), 185–191. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(03)15328-3 Chung, S., & An, H. (2014). Cultural issues of co-sleeping in Korea. Sleep Medicine Research, 5(2), 37–42. https://doi.org/10.17241/smr.2014.5.2.37 Godzik, C. M., Carlson, D. D., Pashchenko, O. I., Ballarino, G. A., & Emond, J. A. (2024). Within-child associations between sleep quality and emotional self-regulation over 6 months among preschool-aged (3- to 5-year-old) children. Frontiers in Sleep, 3, 1420245. https://doi.org/10.3389/frsle.2024.1420245 Gradisar, M., Jackson, K., Spurrier, N., Gibson, J., Whitham, J., Sved-Williams, A., Dolby, R., & Kennaway, D. J. (2016). Behavioural interventions for infant sleep problems: A randomized controlled trial. Pediatrics, 137(6), e20151486. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2015-1486 Hiscock, H., Cook, F., Bayer, J., Le, H. N., Mensah, F., Cann, W., Symon, B., & St James-Roberts, I. (2014). Preventing early infant sleep and crying problems and postnatal depression: A randomized trial. Pediatrics, 133(2), e346–e354. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2013-1886 Kruse, S. P., D’Souza, L., Tuncer, H. G. G., & Stewart, S. E. (2024). Sources of attitudes towards parent–child co-sleeping and their effects: A systematic scoping review. Family Process, 63(4), 2484–2504. https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.13022 McKenna, J. J., & McDade, T. (2005). Why babies should never sleep alone: A review of the co-sleeping controversy in relation to SIDS, bed sharing and breastfeeding. Paediatric Respiratory Reviews, 6(2), 134–152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prrv.2005.03.006 Price, A. M. H., Wake, M., Ukoumunne, O. C., & Hiscock, H. (2012). Five-year follow-up of harms and benefits of behavioural infant sleep intervention: Randomized trial. Pediatrics, 130(4), 643–651. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2011-3467 Welles Nystrom, B. (2005). Co-sleeping as a window into Swedish culture: Considerations of gender and health care. Sleep and Biological Rhythms, 3(1), 29–36. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1479-8425.2005.00156.x Young, J., & Shipstone, R. (2018). Shared sleeping surfaces and dangerous sleeping environments. In J. R. Duncan & R. W. Byard (Eds.), SIDS sudden infant and early childhood death: The past, the present and the future (Chap. 11). University of Adelaide Press. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK513372 Zhang, X., et al. (2025). Geocultural differences in preschooler sleep profiles and family practices: An analysis of pooled data from 37 countries. Sleep Health, 11(1), 45–56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleh.2024.09.003 Musik: „Upbeat Motivational Acoustic Corporate“ von Music for Creators, Freemusicarchive.org