The Seeds of a Family Mental Health Crisis

Parental depression, anxiety are rising during COVID-19, and could have lifelong effects on children

Children are deeply affected by their parent's stress, anxiety, and depression. altanaka/Shutterstock

For most parents, to say the COVID-19 pandemic has been stressful would be a dramatic understatement. The combination of financial pressure, loss of child care, and health concerns has been exceedingly challenging for families.

Mental health problems are expected to rise dramatically as a secondary effect of COVID-19 and the measures that have been put in place to contain it.