{"id":131221,"date":"2024-09-16T08:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T12:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=131221"},"modified":"2024-09-16T17:30:33","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T21:30:33","slug":"nyt-front-page-todays-parents-exhausted-burned-out-and-perpetually-behind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=131221","title":{"rendered":"(NYT front page) Today\u2019s Parents: \u2018Exhausted, Burned Out and Perpetually Behind\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In his recent advisory<\/a> on parents\u2019 mental health<\/a>, the United States surgeon general, Dr. Vivek H. Murthy, said out loud what many parents might have only furtively admitted: Parenting today is too hard and stressful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, there have always been concerns about families\u2019 well-being. And while some of today\u2019s parents\u2019 fears are newer \u2014 cellphones, school shootings, fentanyl \u2014 parents have always worried<\/a> about their children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So why has parental stress risen to the level of a rare surgeon general\u2019s warning about an urgent public health issue \u2014 putting it in the same category<\/a> as cigarettes and AIDS?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s because today\u2019s parents face something different and more demanding<\/a>: the expectation that they spend ever more time and money educating and enriching their children. These pressures, researchers say, are driven in part by fears about the modern-day economy \u2014 that if parents don\u2019t equip their children with every possible advantage, their children could fail to achieve a secure, middle-class life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>

So true, right here in our wealthy Silicon Valley community – nearly every kid is scheduled every day, weekends, too, sports, classes, etc. I'm part of it, teaching robotics after school, too:
Today\u2019s Parents: \u2018Exhausted, Burned Out & Perpetually Behind\u2019 https:\/\/t.co\/0JjY4ep8lr<\/a><\/p>— Steve Mushero (@stevemushero) September 14, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>