Accessing social support in your role as a parent – Step 5

Now that you have completed your action over the time you allowed, how successful were you? Look back at what you wrote in the last column to decide if you were successful:

What helped you to be successful?

What stopped you from being successful?

Someone to talk to about things that worry you

Someone to help take care of your child

Someone to talk to when you have questions about raising your child

Someone who loans you money when you need it

Someone to encourage or keep you going when things seem hard

Someone who accepts your child regardless of how he or she acts

Someone to help with household chores

Someone to relax or joke with

Someone to do things with your child

Someone to provide you or your child transportation

Someone to hassle with agencies or individuals you can’t

Someone who tells you about services for your child or family