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1. My esteemed colleague @fmanjoo wrote a piece about how parents were burning out in April. Now it's June. And the stress and exhaustion are not going away now that school's out. This is not sustainable. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/23/parenting/parental-burnout-coronavirus.html
2. Some parents are working. Millions of others have lost their jobs. Child care is in short supply — many day care centers are at risk of not re-opening, and parents are understandably anxious about sending kids to camp while the virus lingers.
3. 46 percent of parents with children under 18 said their stress level was high, compared with 28 percent of adults without children.
4. While 69 percent of parents were looking forward to the school year being over, 60 percent said they were struggling to keep their children busy, and 60 percent said they “they have no idea how they are going to keep their child occupied all summer.”
5. In the United States, black parents are facing additional stressors this summer because of racial discrimination. According to the A.P.A study, 55 percent of black Americans cited discrimination as a source of stress in June, up from 42 percent in May.
6. As @robingnelson put it to me, the stress on her as a black mom has been twofold: She has had to witness her son’s fear for his own safety, and, she’s also been tasked with doing extra work on behalf of diversity and inclusion efforts professionally.
7. @danilyst got in touch with eight families struggling to make this summer work. Here are their stories. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/23/parenting/kids-summer-burnout-coronavirus.html
8. “It’s “Lord of the Flies” over here,” Erika Beers, 37, told Dani. She works remotely for a start-up while caring for her three kids — ages 3, 6, and 8 — during the day. Her husband, a power lineman, is out in the field all day. Her oldest child has autism.
9. Moïra Mikolajczak, a clinical psychologist who is studying burnout during the quarantine among French-speaking parents in Belgium, said risk factors for burnout include having a child with special needs, having a child under 4, or having teenagers.
10. We have advice from @ibzpsychphd @PoojaLakshmin and Nina Essel, a parent coach and social worker, about how to keep your mental health in tact this summer. But to be honest -- it is a rough road ahead. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/23/parenting/parental-burnout-coronavirus.html
