User:Ky707/Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on social media

Many parents have become target's of particular social media brands during this pandemic, which has increased their mental health downfall. Parents are not only working from home but having to balance ensuring their kids are doing school work and essentially never have a break for themselves. This increase in parental stress has impacted the use of alcohol as a coping mechanism. Many parents are beginning to post memes or funny status updates about normalising the need of alchohol to deal with stress and mental health. Many do not realize that the relief does not last long and that regular drinking will increase mental distress and other potential alcohol related harm.