🔴🟢🔵 Are parents really under pressure?


Dear Reader,

If you were like me and spent most of the past weekend unplugged, you may have missed an important news story. The US Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, released an advisory on the critical need to improve parental mental health & well-being. Titled Parents Under Pressure, the report “highlights the stressors that impact the mental health and well-being of parents and caregivers, the critical link between parental mental health and children's long-term well-being, and the urgent need to better support parents, caregivers, and families.”

Parents are exhausted, stressed beyond belief, and lonely. They need our help.

While it’s incredibly validating to have something I’ve been saying for years confirmed by an authority, it’s also disheartening to read how bad things are for so many parents.

Yesterday, I published a blog post sharing the information in the advisory. It’s information that is pertinent for everyone who knows a parent, and I hope you will read it. In the post, I also share concrete things that we can all do to help all parents.

We need to think beyond our own families when we consider how to help. Parents who are struggling don’t just impact their own families. Their children may never reach their full potential. They may not contribute fully at work. They don’t have time or energy to participate in their communities. In other words, when parents aren’t thriving, our whole society suffers.

Since More Than Grand started, I’ve worked to help grandparents understand how hard much harder parenting is today, and how crucially parents need our support.

Clearly, there is so much work yet to do. Will you answer the call to help?

Warm regards,
DeeDee

P.S. After you read the blog post, I encourage you to share it. Send it to a friend, or share it on Facebook. This is a message that needs to be spread far and wide.

Thanks for reading! If you found this valuable, please forward it to a friend!

DeeDee Moore | Founder, More Than Grand LLC | morethangrand.com

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