Good morning everybody, Stephen Mullenw from Freedom Man. Hope you're doing well. So this, this just came out.

This is CBC News, August 30, 2024. Modern parenting is so stressful that the US issued a health advisory. Parents say it's overdue.

It says parenting these days can often feel like treading water, begging for someone to throw

you a rope, but instead of pulling you out a pass sub by gives you a high five and says,

I don't know how you do it all.

The answer?

Poorly, according to many parents.

Evidently the stress is taking at all. On Wednesday the U.S. Surgeon General issued a public

health advisory about the impact of modern stresses on parents mental health.

Considering that previous Surgeon General Advisories have included the risks of gun violence and smoking the public is paying attention.

So I thought this was going to be kind of nonsense, but holy crap, is it ever kind of not?

I want to point that out. I mean, they really are talking about some very serious stuff about this and so my

my skepticism was was false was wrong.

In addition to the traditional challenges of parenting, like protecting children from harm and worrying

about finances, there are new stresses the previous generations didn't have to consider,

said Surgeon General Vivick Murphy. These include

social media, the youth mental health crisis and increased financial strain as

the cost of some necessities like child care have boomed.

So the Surgeon General says,

guilt and shame have become pervasive after leading them to hide their struggles,

which perpetuates a vicious cycle where stress leads to guilt which leads to more

stress. This was in the report. So these are the numbers and it is it's wild, it's wild. So percent of respondents who agreed with the following statements, I feel

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