Brett Cooper

So do women really regret motherhood, or are they just angry that they don't have the village that their grandmothers used to have?

Now that, in my humble opinion, would have been a very interesting question that a journalist from The Cut could have posed in her most recent article, but it was way easier for her to just, you know, paint with a broad stroke, to cherry pick an angle to fit her and The Cut's anti-natalist agenda.

Per usual, par for the course with these journalists.

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All right, so let's just dive into this story.

This week in a now viral article, New York Magazine and The Cut, the Cut is under New York Magazine, but New York Magazine and The Cut intentionally distorted the stories of three mothers to promote their own anti-children agenda.

And the headline, you've probably seen it if you've been on X in the last 48 hours, was very simple.

It reads, I regret having children.

And so what, in my opinion, could have been a really productive conversation about motherhood and the way that society at large treats and supports mothers, or maybe doesn't support mothers, ended up being whittled down to something incredibly toxic and superficial.

I mean, look at the way they promoted this article on X. This was the tweet that got the millions and millions of impressions, rightfully so.

Sooner or later,

Everyone has to decide whether to give up lazy weekends, disposable income, and the overall peace of mind to have a baby instead.

For many of those on the fence, one anxiety looms large.

What if I make the wrong choice?

Parent regret is more common than you might think.

The r slash regretful parents subreddit alone gets around 70,000 weekly visitors who anonymously commiserate.