Parental burnout (PB)—a condition characterized by intense exhaustion related to parenting, emotional distancing from one's children, and a loss of parental fulfillment—has received increasing attention in recent years, even more since the worldwide COVID‐19 crisis and the confinement of parents with their children. This crisis put the spotlight on parents’ suffering, and the need to better understand parental burnout and how to best assess and treat it emerged as a priority. This brief article introduces the Thematic Issue of New Directions in Child and Adolescent Development focused on the measurement of parental burnout across various regions of the world. It briefly reviews the concept of parental burnout, its phenomenological experience, its etiology and consequences, and its measurement.

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父母倦怠：将焦点从孩子转移到父母

父母精疲力竭（PB）是一种以养育子女，与孩子情感疏远以及失去父母满足为特征的过度疲劳的现象，近年来受到了越来越多的关注，尤其是在全球COVID-19危机和父母与子女。这场危机使父母的痛苦成为人们关注的焦点，因此，优先考虑需要更好地了解父母的倦怠以及如何最好地评估和治疗父母的倦怠。这篇简短的文章介绍了“儿童和青少年发展新方向”的主题问题，重点是衡量世界各个地区的父母倦怠情况。它简要回顾了父母倦怠的概念，现象学经验，病因和后果以及测量方法。