The National Parent Survey 2024 | Page 15

Half of working parents regularly work from home
More than
2 million parents have poor mental health
What parents told us

What parents told us

3.7 million parents are struggling to pay their bills

2.8 million parents are worried about affording their rent or mortgage

One in five parents struggle to afford the cost of sending their child to school

Half of working parents regularly work from home

One in eight

working parents have had a flexible working request denied

Nearly one in four children don ’ t attend activities after school , paid or unpaid , rising to three in ten teenagers

More than

2 million parents have poor mental health

More than 5 million children have experienced a mental health challenge in the last year

More than a quarter of children experiencing poor mental health have missed school

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