Parents reportedly spend 37 hours a week worrying about their children, which really does make parenting sound like a full time job.
Research examined the extent to which parents worry about their children and the specific things they worry about and found that the average parent spends five hours and 18 minutes a day worrying.
Of course, with more worry comes less sleep and 59 per cent of parents admitted that they have lost sleep over their children.
A child's safety and happiness are two of the main things that keeps parents awake at night, and the worry over whether their children are getting bullied comes third.
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The study was conducted by OnePoll in conjunction with Lice Clinics of America and looked at the worries of 2,000 parents.
Parents also worry about whether their child will fit in at school, if they will be able to make new friends and if they are getting good grades.
The study also revealed the things that parents find the hardest to deal with, which include a broken or sprained limb and a broken heart.
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Other challenges for parents to navigate included strep throat, an allergic reaction, and broken glasses.
Parents also admitted that the back to school period is a time where their worry increases with 71 per cent saying their worry intensifies when their child starts their first day of classes.
And some ailments are more of a potential worry than others, for more than a quarter of parents (27 percent), having their kids come home from school with lice was a top concern.
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Of course parenting isn't easy and 54 per cent revealed that being a parent is harder than they though it would be and 58 per cent feel they are judged by other mums.
Dealing with lice ranked as the number three most difficult thing for parents to manage when it comes to their children.
Dr. Krista Lauer, Medical Director of Lice Clinics of America stated "Parents are concerned about their kids coming home from school with a myriad of things and are looking for easy and convenient solutions to help them with some of the hardest to deal with issues- like lice.
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"We understand that there are so many concerns parents have when it comes to their kids. Dealing with head lice is scary and intimidating, but Lice Clinics of America is here to help. We want to separate the myths from the facts when it comes to contracting head lice.
"Almost all head lice infestations happen from direct head-to-head contact, which gives lice the opportunity to transfer from one head to another. Head lice cannot jump, swim or fly. Having head lice does not indicate poor hygiene, and it's next to impossible to get head lice by sharing hats, which many parents believe. While prevention is key, if kids get head lice, Lice Clinics of America has options for treatment, all of which are pesticide and toxin free, safe and fast."