The Surgeon General has issued a new public health warning, and this time the danger isn’t tobacco or alcohol, it’s parenting.
Two-fifths of parents say they are “too stressed to function” most days, according to the U.S. Public Health Service. Parents under pressureNearly half of parents described the stress as “completely overwhelming.”
These dire findings are the basis of a 35-page report released in late August that calls parental stress an “urgent public health issue.” Drawing on data from the American Psychological Association and other sources, the report makes the case that parents are facing more stress than at any time in recent memory.