Majority of parents feel burned out and lonely, study finds

That old saying about "It takes a village to raise a child" rings true here. We've isolated ourselves from real life relationships and we feel (especially as women) that we should be able to do it all without help. That's BS. Women back in the day had a whole community of other women who taught them and supported them in raising their children. We need to bring that back!

Ironic how there is always someone scolding childless adults for being selfish and predicting them to be lonely when they are older (Not realizing the latter is a messed up reason to have kids in the first place). This is another reason why parenthood is not for everyone and should not be romanticized as heavily.

When I was in these parents shoes, 30 some years ago, my friends in our development decided to start walking at night after we put our kids to bed. We would walk around our development around 8 PM for about an hour. We wore reflective vests. We got exercise in and we talked about all things stressing us out—husbands, kids, jobs, etc. 32 years later we are still walking, not at 8 but now at 4. It is the best thing for our emotional, physical and spiritual health.

you gotta have a really big heart and easy personality to have kids these days. The screaming and crying of a small child after a stressful day is too much to take.

Society wants to shame those that refuse to have children. Nah Sis, y’all can have that nonsense and I’m going to spend all of my time and all of my money on me. Thanks.

Not having children was the single best decision I ever made.

Our society is so separated we are all too alone. Communities are needed.

I don't need a study to tell me that. I see 👀 it everywhere, everyday! Yikes!

Let me break it down: - it takes a village to raise kids = we’ve completely decimated this - social media and comparison = leads to more feelings of isolation - the rate at which we consume information is higher now than ever = information overwhelm and constant noise

Gosh, I wonder why more and more people are staying childless 🤔

I think so many people end up having kids because of societal and family pressure. Especially as a woman, you get questioned regularly about why you don't have kids and the reaction you get after saying you don't want them is usually judgemental and disapproving. Having kids for the wrong reasons leads to bad parenting and unhappy children so we should be encouraging people to forgo parenthood unless it's something they're very passionate about.

Maybe there's a reason why kids like to stay in their rooms. Maybe their parents are critical, mean, demanding, or intrusive. Being alone in their rooms gives them peace.

I grew up in a neighborhood full of single mother households that were obviously struggling but most continued to still have more and more kids, seeing that made me want no parts of parenthood.

Yes loneliness is a thing now but the problem is when you reach out to people, they're ready to flake on you. Then they complain. Relationships take work. It's not one sided and one person communicates all the time.

One of my best decisions was to never have kids. So happy to be free, have money, peace and quiet and no stress.

Having kids is a trap if you enjoy having disposable income, free time and a low stress life.

It so unfortunate that its like this in our country and if you have a medically complex child or neurodivergent child, it's even harder. I'm a mother but, I truly understand younger people making the choice not to have kids. With student loan debt, being unable to afford housing, and your medical being tied to your employment ( and hopefully your employer provides good medical because that's a whole other issue) it's really hard. Our country just dosen't care about families. We're FAKE family first here. Just look how we treat our teachers.

A lot of times parents don’t associate friendship with people that don’t have kids or single.

I go through this everyday…. But what saved me is my kids sense of humor 😂 they know how to make laugh when I’m sad

Turn the wifi off if you wanna spend time with your kids