Action Needed to Ease Parental Stress, US Surgeon General Warns

US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA, issued an advisory on the mental health and well-being of parents and caregivers of children younger than 18 years. The report comes in response to the intense pressure reported by the roughly 63 million parents of children in the US: 33% reported high levels of stress over the course of a month compared with 20% of other adults in 2023.