How ‘Parental Burnout’ Is Affecting Families Across US
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Published 2022-05-05
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All Comments (21)
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Not becoming a parent was the single best decision I ever made. As my mother once said “having children is a thankless job that never ends.”
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Try being a teacher and trying to manage 25+ of them at one time while actually trying to TEACH. Behaviors have gotten so bad in classrooms, teachers are leaving in droves.
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To be honest, most grandparents and family members choose to be absent not only from their adult children's lives but their grandchildrens. No one wants to be a grandparent anymore. The famous quote, "I raised my kids already" but they forget they had free child care from their parents... the nerve. Generations are changing and the whole hating kids agenda is starting to really bug me.
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I’m sure our culture of living individually (as opposed to with grandparents or aunts/uncles) plays a big role in this. It takes a village to raise a child.
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Don’t have kids. Problem solved.
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This isn't new but now it's a public health issue because it's affecting a certain group
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This made me feel SO validated. Thank you for speaking about this. This is definitely a public health problem
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I'm so happy to be childfree!!!
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As teachers we are seeing this as well..... I have many students that their parents have checked out. Many of the behavior problems with my students link to parenting issues. 😢
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Watching this while sipping my latte in child-free 👀👀
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Literally was just in my car crying, stressed and over it.. contemplating either running away or ending it all. So glad I found this video.
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We have 1 child he’s almost 4, we work full time and grandparents help babysit here and there. Honestly this is perfect for us. We have all the joy of having a child, and we’re not killing ourselves with stress because we have help. However we have decided not to have more, it will be unbearable. I don’t know why people put them through so much misery to have kids that they clearly can’t handle.
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I don’t understand why people choose to have so many kids. 4 kids is a lot for anyone, but it’s absurd for a working parent. This is why so many kids act like lunatics in school. Parents are too overwhelmed to guide their children to be successful. Not all parents, but too many…
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Who is asking us to do 'all these different things'? Some of it is needs, some of it is choice and priorities and the amount of community we've managed to build up around us.
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What exactly did you think being a parent was like? Unicorns and rainbows? Maybe society should flat-out be honest and not lie to people about the "joys" of parenthood. Truth is it sucks.
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Well nobody forced you to have children
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Years ago a Saintly woman / coworker told me she got a cleaning team ….and it saved her marriage !
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This is why...I choose to live in poverty over working full-time and raising 3 kids on my own. We have everything we need. Our house is old but my kids are emotionally healthy and we love one another....I don't even work anymore and I am still exhausted every day.
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Kids are given no chores, no responsibilities and then parents push these same kids into sports, wrestling, karate, basketball, etc. Helicopter parents are causing this. My grandparents had 11 children and they all had to do something to help out around the house. Yes, a three year old can do chores.
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Us 70's kids never acted like these spoiled children of today. We had daily chores, helped our parents out with younger siblings, had a set time for homework, dinner, and 8 pm bedtime. We got up early, had breakfast, got dressed by OURSELVES perfectly fine. We had time for FUN on weekends when all of our chores were done. We knew how to read, write, and do math because we actually attended school daily and on time.
