Women's Agenda
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10th September 2020
Yes Pandemic Parental Burnout is a thing and you’re not alone
Dr Nisha Khot, a Melbourne-based OB-GYN and the mother of two children, ages 12 and 18, says it crept up on her. When the pandemic first arrived on Australian shores in March, she thought to herself, “Our kids are older, we’ll be okay.”
Then it slowly dawned on her that everything wasn’t going to be okay.
As an essential worker, she struggled to keep up with the demands of her job, especially as many of her colleagues fell victim to the virus or they, likewise, struggled to meet the demands of