“People romanticize parenthood way too much”
Agree
- Reality is exhausting and messy
- Social media shows fake version
- Underestimate financial and emotional toll
- Lost freedom and identity
- Not magical, it's hard work
Disagree
- Most rewarding experience of life
- Love for child beyond description
- Challenges worth the joy
- Natural to want rosy picture
- Cynical view misses the beauty
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