With their friends, on social media, on tiktok videos. So many parents are spending their time letting the world know how big of a pain in the ass their kids are. This is especially tiring as I have seen people like this venting to people i know that are injecting drugs so they can do their 3rd or 4th round of ivf just to have one child. Check your audience.
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I get where you’re coming from, it can seem annoying, but i would rather have parents ranting to strangers about how badly they think their kids are, then the parents tell the kids how bad they think they are.
If you’re on instagram or tiktok, you can press “not interested” on instagram and dislike videos on tiktok to see less of them.
Doubt this is actually unpopular on a place like Reddit.
You think YOU’RE tired, try having kids! 😂
Kids suck.
Parenting is a Job. Irony.
I get where you’re coming from. However, I am currently in the midst of preteen attitudewith my oldest, and sometimes I need to vent about the struggles of it. Now I love my kids more than life itself and would do anything for them, but raising kids is hard, and in my opinion, it’s ok to talk/ vent about it. Tone also very much matters.
Kids are dickheads though.
Trust me, i know. I was one, once.
Oh no adults venting online and you complain about voluntarily consuming their rants.
Yeah, this generation of parents is weak as fuck. Don’t know how to stand up to a child, and can’t be bothered by the task of actually parenting their child. Sit them in front of a tablet as soon as they pop out. And we wonder why 10 year old boys worship Andrew Tate.
So people always complain that people are inauthentic online, then complain when they are honest about their struggles… also id rather they complain online than take it out on their kids or internalize it.
Every time I read a post or comment about how parenting sucks, it’s just a great reminder to never have kids. Reaffirms my decision.
I wonder why the sub r/RegretfulParents is growing so quick 😀
Dont view it? 🤷♂️
It’s a bunch of shitty parents who regret their decision
I think it depends on the venting. If you’re outright saying shitty things about your kids and calling them names, absolutely those parents are jerks. But if it’s generic “Parenting is a lot of trouble” or “Raising kids takes so much energy”, then it’s just parents looking for empathy.
Yeah it’s really weird behavior. My friends and family will talk about it’s crazy I don’t have or want kids, but then talk shit about their kids all the time. They have no idea how miserable they come across. No I will not join your misery club.
I love this. Let’s all just stop communicating and seeking social supports for any and every aspect of our personal and professional lives so OP doesn’t have to participate in society anymore!
Being a parent takes up a LOT of your time. Complaining about your kids is (to me at least) the same as complaining about your job. If it’s all you talk about it’s probably going to get irritating, but it’s also normal to do. Everybody needs an outlet for their frustrations, and if that’s talking about it online or to friends or whatever that’s fine.
I don’t have, don’t want and frankly don’t really like kids. But I think that the videos where they’re “disciplining” their kids by basically publicly shaming them are super gross… we got a whole generation of kids who are gonna grow up and absolutely go no contact w their parents
That you’re tired or not tired isnt really an opinion
If you feel the desire to have kids, watch some TTs of people that have them, then reassess.
Problem solved.
Ah its all in good fun.
If you have kids you know sometimes they are just annoying in such creative and hilarious ways – that often sharing it is actually a form of humble brag 🙂
I don’t think this is unpopular- but alas, that is no longer the point of this sub. People just upvote things they agree with
yeah they made their dumb choice now they just have to suffer in silence!
and people doing ivf never complain loudly and frequently about the “injustice” and “heartbreak” of choosing to need their own progeny instead of adopting one of the hundreds of thousands of children that need a home!
life is difficult and annoying and sometimes you need to voice that. i totally understand being less empathetic when people are choosing to make their lives hard but hey, we’re only human.
Upvote cuz I disagree
Excluding the IVF insensitivity part, I CONSTANTLY see people pressured into having kids. Then I constantly see people shamed for venting about parenthood. I think this is a dangerous combination and it breeds future regretful parents.
Parenthood can be very hard and stressful and parents need a place to vent. Potential parents need to hear these vents before making an informed decision. “I didn’t realize it was going to be this tough,” maybe they would have if other parents weren’t being socially censored for being honest about their feelings.