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Re:Mothers who regret having children are speaking out by intopieces on Friday January 12, 2018 @09:50AM (#16133185)
Can you give some other examples of this mentality on display? Have there been other articles on HN? This sentiment has been prevalent among my peer group (b. Late 80s/Early 90s) for at least a decade. Very few of my friends outside of the very religious are looking forward to having children.

As far back as June 2014, Pope Francis spoke about this phenomenon.

http://time.com/2814527/pope-francis-dogs-cats-pets/

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Re:Mothers who regret having children are speaking out by criddell on Friday January 12, 2018 @10:12AM (#16133428)
It's a very common sentiment to hear on Reddit. There are subs dedicated to promoting and discussing a child-free lifestyle (e.g. /r/childfree/).
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Re:Mothers who regret having children are speaking out by saalweachter on Friday January 12, 2018 @10:33AM (#16133623)
There are also subs devoted to how much an individual character in a book series sucks (eg, /r/fuckmoash). The existence of a subreddit does not really imply a dominant cultural phenomenon.
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Re:Mothers who regret having children are speaking out by upvotinglurker on Friday January 12, 2018 @10:41AM (#16133672)
From the first page of a google search for "reddit parenting": /r/parenting, /r/parents, /r/raisingkids, /r/askparents, /r/newparents, and /r/parentsofmultiples. I suspect it depends on what part of reddit you hang out on.
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