Health
Parents of school-age kids during COVID-19? Yes, you’re stressed – Pursuit
University of Melbourne research finds that Australian parents are feeling the burn of COVID-19 amid a major economic downturn and growing family-work conflict
Dr Barbara Broadway , Dr Julie Moschion and Dr Susan Méndez
It has been very clear from early on in the COVID-19 crisis that mental health issues will be one of the greatest consequences of the lockdowns and economic recession.
Reports of high mental distress have doubled since the pandemic began.
Around 36 per cent of the workforce more than 4.6 million people are parents to a child below age 18. Picture: Getty Images
But there is an especially worrying trend emerging for a large and impo…
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