By Greg Maresca ——Bio and Archives--September 5, 2024

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U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy warned in “Advisory on the Mental Health & Well-Being of Parents,” a 35-page white paper few will ever read, how parenting is stressful and can bring on mental health problems.

As the nation experiences its lowest birthrate in history, Murthy whines about parenting being a hazard to your overall health opining, “That’s why I am issuing a surgeon general’s advisory to call attention to the stress and mental health concerns facing parents and caregivers, and to lay out what we can do to address them.”

What the surgeon general fails to mention is by 2029, there will be more senior citizens 65 or older, than children. If that doesn’t startle you, try this one on for size: By 2038, the U.S. is expected to have more deaths than births. So, the vocation of child rearing is bad for our survival?

Parenting is not easy but must the surgeon general issue an advisory that received more than its fair share of headlines.

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