Personal Reflections on Fear of Parenthood Before Having Children
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Anon84
Slow-proofed and worth the wait. Worth its weight in flour.
Summary
The article is a personal reflection on the author's fears and misconceptions about parenthood before having children. The author describes how they viewed parents as uncool, dull, and responsible, and children as terrors. They had a negative perception of parenthood and didn't want children at that point in their life, despite recognizing they would be sad to never have children.
Key quotes
· 5 pulledBefore I had kids, I was afraid of having kids.
I'd have been sad to think I'd never have children. But did I want them now? No.
If I had kids, I'd become a parent, and parents, as I'd known since I was a kid, were uncool.
They were dull and responsible and had no fun.
Whenever I'd noticed parents with kids, the kids seemed to be terrors, and the parents pathetic harri
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