MOTHERS REPORT THEIR REGRET OVER HAVING CHILDREN

DAILY MAIL (UK) ONLINE : FEMALE : WOMEN REPORT REGRET AT HAVING CHILDREN 

The reluctant parents, from around the world, have shared their stories anonymously in a Facebook group called I REGRET HAVING CHILDREN...

Loss of freedom, difficult decisions, feeling trapped, having children they didn't want...

I feel for them, but not having children, if you want them, is probably worse,

WOMEN WHO DON'T WANT TO BE MOTHERS - DOCUMENTARY

THE VIDEO HAS BEEN REMOVED on YouTube
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From DW DOCUMENTARY 

EXCERPT: Women and mother - the two words are often used interchangeably.  Amid a widespread belief that women who aren't mothers are missing something, there's a stigma attached to being childless.  This documentary lets women in Germany, France, and Spain sound off about why they rejected motherhood and questions the existence of the widely accepted "Maternal instinct."

I believe the stats are that one woman in five is childless these days.

And if you raise your children right, to leave home and have their own lives, you will be "childless" most of your life.  (I understand that a family may have to get back together to help each other in times of distress.  Sadly, too many parents, and I think especially single mothers, do not raise their children to leave them.)

OLIVIA CAMPBELL ON THE CENTURY LONG BATTLE TO DISPROVE THAT ALL WOMEN WANT TO BE MOTHERS

VICE: THE CENTURY LONG BATTLE TO DISPROVE THAT ALL WOMEN WANT TO BE MOTHERS   by Olivia Campbell

EXCERPT: The concept of maternal instinct had figured prominently in scientific theories since the time of Charles Darwin.  Late 19th century psychologists believed women possessed a unique need to create and care for offspring.  In the late 1800's experts attempted to use biology to shore up this theory, positing that maternal instinct was located in the female reproductive organs.

Hollingsworth (Leta Hollingworth, a psychologist in the early 1900's) wasn't buying it.  "There is no verifiable evidence to show that a maternal instinct exists in women of such all-consuming strength and fervor as to impel them to voluntarily seek the pain, danger, and exacting labor involved in maintaining a high birth rate.  We should expect, therefore, that those in control of society would invent and employ devices for impelling women to maintain the birth rate."

HILARIOUS! SUZY JENKINS DOES A RAP FULL OF CUSS WORDS (AND ORIGINALITY)

Don't watch this one if you have the FF word!