A Surgeon General's warning just now about parents and stress.

I'm David Brancaccio. The U.S. Surgeon General issued a public health advisory this morning.

Regarding the mental health of parents. Vivek Murthy

says parents are dealing with significant stresses that prior generations

did not have to deal with and they need more support from the government and

their employers.

Marketplace's Nancy Marshall Genser is covering this.

Surgeon General Murthy says today's parents face challenges like helping their kids navigate

social media and post-pandemic mental health problems.

Parents worry about gun violence in schools.

No wonder then that Murphy says a third of parents report high levels of stress in the past month compared to 20% of other adults.

Murphy called for a national paid family and medical leave program and paid sick leave for all workers.

The Surgeon General says the government

and employers should ensure that parents and caregivers have access to

affordable high-quality mental health care and managers should put parents

and leadership roles so they can support

other workers with kids and show that parents can have successful careers.

I'm Nancy Marshall Genser for Marketplace.

Don't want to add to the stress with the cost of finding a place to live is going up according to the latest

S&P Case Schiller Index.

Using the June data, prices nationally are up 5.4% in a year. Among big US cities, New York housing prices

went up 9% in a year, the most, with San Diego and Las Vegas close behind, not enough

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