Being a parent today really is harder than it was a generation ago, according to a 2018 study making the rounds now that validates our entire existence. A BPI Network survey of 2,000 parents in the United States and Canada found that 88 per cent said parenting today is harder than when they were growing up. “From reduced productivity, to high levels of anxiety, depression and insomnia, parental burnout impacts parents’ ability to perform at a high level,” the report notes. “In the current cultural context, there is a lot of pressure on parents,” lead researcher Moïra Mikolajczak of UCLouvain said in a press release for the 2019 study. “But being a perfect parent is impossible and attempting to be one can lead to exhaustion.

Source: Huffington Post January 21, 2020 18:22 UTC