“A lot of parents don’t anticipate how significant the changes to their lives will be. Some expect being a parent to make their life happier, or make them more in love with their partner.”
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In 2019, American author Sam Roberts tweeted that he and his wife regretted having their son. Parents across the world slammed Sam for being selfish, unkind, and asking why someone would inflict that kind of pain on a child who could one day read the tweet.
In the now-deleted tweet he wrote: “My wife and I originally wanted three kids, had one and decided after a few years that one was plenty.
Counsellor Elly Taylor says, “regret can range from looking at each other and thinking ‘what the hell have we done?’ to people whose relationships have broken down because they didn’t have enough support during parenthood.”