The reality of parenting.

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I hope this is allowed, I am a single mum to a 3 year old and after leaving an abusive marriage, moving house and taking on the challenge of being a single parent I gained a first class honours degree in psychology, I would love to take this further and combine it with my previous education and work experience in childcare and my new found challenges as a parent and create helpful and insightful psychology based product's that I hope can help people, im hoping to sell these cheap so I can help fund the next stage in becoming a psychologist as the student loan you get covers barely the fees to study, never mind all the materials and I already work two jobs to survive financially, long story short I was hoping some of you may have something you would share that you would like to see or would benefit from in regards to support as a parent, id really like this to be actually useful to people so any struggles people have id love to hear so I can tailor the content to actually helping the majority of parents and not just a gimmick , it will be humour based in places and I intend on discussing the less glamorous side of parenting and the realities of it but thank you again for any struggles or insight you could give me, be it the human poo survival, the why stage or why my toddler refuses to eat because he claims he cant touch his toes and is crying hysterically, thank you for reading.

A few full stops would have made it easier to read.

What kind of products would you be trying to sell? It sounds more likely a parenting blog/facebook page and there are lots of more qualified and established people out there doing it eg Dr Naomi Fisher.

what about doing a funded doctorate in clinical psychology or in child psychotherapy (or even in ed psy but pay is less good). ? That way you wont have to work two jobs and start a business on the side to pay for your studies.. With a funded course, uni fees will be covered and you’ll be paid as a band 6 on the nhs for your placement - about 35k.

besides from books and workshops i am not sure what “product” would be helpful… maybe a game about emotions or relationships…. Sorry i cant help more about this

Sorry, im typing on my phone and I didnt realise how much I had written in the box that was visable 🙈. Thank you both so much for your comments. It was more what struggles people have as a parent that I could address. I realise my post is not the clearest. I have not decided on what products it would be yet as id love to learn what id be addressing and helping first and tailoring it around that. Im from a small town and the only psychotherapy courses available without travel are unfunded, and I do already work within the nhs but also being a small hospital locally there is such a high application rate with minimal job openings. I have got accepted onto a masters degree but to study I have to pay £3005 pounds for the first module upfront, then the student loan is released after I attend. But the course is £10,000 pounds and the loan £12000 so it would leave very little in terms of cutting back at work. So i guess I am just trying my hardest to make do with my options, as i currently cant commute long distance for study due to the demand to work so much and around childcare.
Thank you both again for replying.

To be honest designing your own ‘products’, whatever they may be, marketing them etc will take up far more time than any job. And you’d have to wait a couple years to see any profit, if ever. And you’d need money to bankroll it in the first place.

@mondaytosunday yeah you're completely right, I think I am just clutching at straws to try and move forward, maybe I need to go back to the drawing board. Just very dissheartening when you spend all this time at uni to become stuck unable to go anywhere with it or help like you intended too. I didnt realise you needed money upfront for further study, I assumed there would be some communication between the loans company and the uni that made it abit more accessible. Thank you for your reply.

The thing is, i cannot think of a single “product” that could help with parents mental health. Maybe “product” could help with the practical aspect of being a parent yes, but for their own mental health? Insight? Mentalisation? Reflective functionning? Ambivalence? Not sure it can be manufactured? It depends also how you define parental MH? Are you talking about pre-existing condition? Are you talking about the traumatic impact of having a child that may be different to expectations? Are you talking about PND? Are you talking about parenting as a developmental stage and how some parents can get stuck?
im thinking a BSc in psychology might not be enough to fully grasps the joys and challenges and difficulties of becoming/being a parent.
perhaps start with something you have a good understanding of and then think of a solution that could be a “product”. It seems it is not clear yet in your mind what you would like to do.

@Asquashandasqueeze06 If it helps, a remedial hypnosis colleague of mine works exclusively with children and is always incredibly busy, despite a fairly high fee rate. This might fit well with your psychology degree; the training is not expensive in comparison with the figures you've quoted in your posts.