Maybe it’s time we all came clean. If you have kids, you’ve probably found yourself saying some variation of this at some point: “Of course, I can never regret [fill-in-the-blank], because otherwise, my kid(s) wouldn’t be here!” And if you don’t have kids, you’ve probably heard your parent friends say it. Maybe that fill-in-the-blank is an […]
Just because I made another human, does that mean I’m forced to pretend I love every second of raising him? I’m going to admit something that may seem taboo, but it’s only us, right? Do you promise to keep this secret? OK, here goes: I hate being a parent. I know, right? What is wrong […]
“I felt like, and still feel like, I made a mistake. I don’t want to be a parent.” It’s one of the last big taboos, considered too mean and selfish to even mention, and for most people, unimaginable: the regret of having children. But just because no one talks about it, doesn’t mean it’s not […]
