If COVID Has Taught Us Anything, It’s That It Takes Way More Than The Modern ‘Village’

It may have taken quarantine, nearly two years of increased isolation, hundreds of thousands of deaths, but it is absolutely undeniable: the modern parent is not supported enough.

Yet, today’s modern parent is expected to virtually do just that. We now live yards away from each other in homes that contain only our immediateand a lot of tchotchkes. We don’t have our closest girlfriends and elders, all living within a ten foot radius of us to help with our burden. Some of us are with our children, with no other real adult interaction, for hours on end.

Add in a worldwide pandemic, and it was only natural for us to fully realize how inefficient and isolating today’s “village” is. , the number of American adults who have serious suicidal thoughts has risen four percent since 2020. Additionally, over one million more American adults were diagnosed with a mental illness in the last year, bringing the total to over 47 million American adults; about 19% of the U.S.’s adult population.

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