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  "id": 6907972,
  "title": "Parents are running on empty — and ‘self-care’ isn’t fixing it",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/parents-are-running-on-empty-and-self-care-isnt-fixing-it",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-12T10:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/lifestyle/health/2026-09-12-parents-are-running-on-empty--and-self-care-isnt-fixing-it/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "South African psychologists explain why self-care fails exhausted parents, how the invisible mental load drives parental burnout, and what real support looks like today.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}