Parents report increasing levels of loneliness, and now research suggests even long-term friendships built on years of shared memories aren't lasting - our expert looks at why mother's friendships are particularly at risk.
Parental loneliness is soaring, catching mothers in its grasp when they're already at a particularly vulnerable stage in their lives. It's also suggested that adults who were lonely children could be hit harder by ongoing isolation into their older years. It's a sad fact that modern living has paved the way for a loneliness epidemic, affecting long-term health outcomes, and resulting in an upturn of depression and other mental health conditions.
