An error of the first magnitude!
My friends who do this are chronically exhausted and depressed. They are two income families, both professionals, with two or more small children demanding their time and energy.
It's called 'life'...Now people whine about it...
fellow parent-worriers ping!
The solution is clear: humans should stop reproducing. Abortion shouldn't be safe and legal--it should be quick and mandatory.
Other people's kids are far more depressing than my own. I don't know why, but it's true.
If only we had a village to raise our children for us.....
It is worse with grandkids, you lose most of your input authority.
My kids are grown, they really 'turned out' well. I have 7 grandkids. My kids are among my 'best' friends. Yes..I still worry about them. But they are the most satisfying segment of my life. I would love to go back and experience raising them again! I loved it!
Bold new study finds both ups, and downs, to having children.
If people didn't micro-manage their childrens lives they'd be a lot less stressed out. And stop signing them up for every sort of activity under the Sun. My SIL burned herself out from constantly being stressed out over her sons schedule.
How many people have their children on a schedule like this every day?
Traveling soccer team practice 7 - 8AM
School 8:30 - 2:30
Karate 2:45 - 3:30
More soccer 4 - 5
Piano 5:30 - 5:00
Spanish tutor 5:25 - 6:00
Choir practice 6:30 - 7:15
Maybe if one of them stayed at home for a few years with the kids, life would get more relaxing. Their children deserve their time and energy!!
I mean, raising a child IS draining and tiring at times, but most of the time the happiness it brings me is greater.
Articles like this one seem to imply life - when lived properly - is without conflict.
Raising my son was indeed stressful..challenging..at times sorrowful. It was also exciting, fun and rewarding beyond expectation. Anything I really know about love I learned from being a mother.
All worthy endeavors have moments of doubt, fear and worry. The best tools I discovered to deal with being a mother are: A) A sense of humor and B) Prayer.
Anyone who is never stressed when raising kids isn't paying attention to what they're getting up to!
That said, I have a large family and for every moment of grief they've brought me they have repaid with a dozen times more pride and happiness.
An error of the first magnitude!
I'm so glad you said that...I work in an environment of professionals and some of these young professionals decide they want to have children, and when the children arrive, they can't understand why their lives are no longer the same.....they mostly complain about sleepless nights.....like they feel they should have their lives controlled before and after they had children....(foolish, foolish, foolish).
Gee, I've always found the thought of being childless depressing. Yeah, being a parent is work, but the rewards far outweigh the costs. Your house, car, and other toys sure won't remember you after your gone. It's anti-Darwinian that many of the most successful people I know choose not to reproduce.
I'm one half of a two income family. When my children were little (from 3 days old), I brought them to work with me. When they started school, my office hours matched theirs. Now they are both attending a nearby college where they can come home regularly. Nothing, absolutely nothing, gives me more joy and eliminates my stress than holding them. They know it too, and hug me constantly.