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I thank my lucky stars my three children are grown and out of the house. If I were trying to take care of them at home while working remotely during a pandemic, I would have had an ulcer by now. And I would have likely lost my temper multiple times and would be viewing myself as a bad mom, if not a terrible one. I don't know how people with children, especially young children do it. It is a mammoth job. But they're doing it, and doing it while under a huge amount of COVID-19-caused stress, not the least of which is financial.

According to a survey from LendingTree, parents, especially parents of young children, are going into debt because of the coronavirus pandemic. In fact, 56% of parents are in debt directly due to the coronavirus pandemic, LendingTree says.

Many are turning to credit cards just to make ends meet, with four in 10 adding credit card debt, and 15% turning to personal loans.