Duke Today: Colleagues Living Alone During Pandemic Find Support
“These levels of loneliness are heartbreaking. We have big holes in our social fabric,” says Rick Weissbourd while referencing our loneliness report published in February.
Jonathan Black from Duke University writes about how coworkers helped teammates cope during social isolation.
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Host Samantha Laine Perfas spoke with Kiran Bhai, Executive Director of Making Caring Common, and other guests about parenting styles and the effects of specific choices, such as how we help our children when they are in distress, on children’s development and growth.
Richard Weissbourd joins a panel of experts for a discussion about parental mental health hosted by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Together they explore the stress parents face, how parental mental health affects child development, and strategies for supporting parents.
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