AXIOS August 28, 2024
America’s mental health crisis is weighing heavily on parents struggling with economic and societal concerns as they try to raise kids, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy warned in an advisory issued on Wednesday.
Why it matters: It’s a timely message from the Biden administration amid a presidential election showcasing working-class families’ struggles with an emphasis on populist themes.
The big picture: Being a parent has never been easy, but it’s become perilous helping kids navigate a brittle social media landscape with outsized peer comparisons, along with stressors like gun violence and loneliness.
- At the same time, parents are less likely to have support from extended family or in-person community and face more job-related time pressure.
- “These are newer stresses that...
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