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The replies in this thread are already very good. I'm a dad of two, but I won't add anything more than that you will be hard pressed to find a parent who will r
by thunspa 1mo ago
The replies in this thread are already very good. I'm a dad of two, but I won't add anything more than that you will be hard pressed to find a parent who will regret having children. I understand the bias in it, but people can be persuaded into honesty and, under anonymity on this website, are more likely to be honest about such things.
- stackskipton 1mo agoPartner and I are childfree but in talking with other parents about it, I've had 3 admit, if they knew now, they wouldn't have had kids or had less. My father was one of them.
- thunspa 1mo agoInteresting. Did they cite any reasons?
- Jtarii 1mo ago>you will be hard pressed to find a parent who will regret having children It is such an extreme social taboo to admit you regret having your children that even if you find someone that does you would never know.
- the_af 1mo agoAgreed, though I know some people who evidently regretted having children, or never bonded with their own but developed "quasi-parental" relationships with children who weren't their own. More than one case, actually! But I think most parents, in reasonable socioeconomic conditions, don't regret having children.
- thunspa 1mo agoI agree, I would assume anonymity would allow for some honesty here, but I agree.