Surgeon General highlights parents’ needs amid mental health crisis

Surgeon General highlights parents’ needs amid mental health crisis

Parenting is daunting.

The top U.S. doctor, whose kids just returned to school, acknowledged as much Wednesday as he highlighted the “silent struggles” parents face as they try to care for their children in 2024.

As parents spend more time caring for their children, they are paradoxically working more, contributing to stark rises in stress and feelings of isolation, Dr. Vivek Murthy, the U.S. surgeon general, said in an advisory Wednesday. He had warned about young people’s mental health in 2021, in addition to advisories about the dangers of social media, isolation and gun violence.

Now he has turned to caretakers, noting how much of a struggle it is to raise children. Parents and caregivers also need support, he says.

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