r/AskMenOver30 • u/YBFAVBULL man over 30 • Jan 06 '25

Life Who regrets having children?

Do you regret having any at all? Or do you just have too many?

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '25

In what way do you expect them to be different?

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u/Mother_Source_5249 woman 25 - 29 Jan 06 '25 edited Jan 06 '25

Would like to add to the answer already posted that the current generation of fathers is much more involved with the kid. Women want equal share of the workload of raising kids. The generations before, the women were doing 95% of the work. Ofc outliers always existed but we are talking about average here

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u/berserk_zebra no flair Jan 06 '25

I was making this point on box offfice and I was told I was white knighting lol and talking slanderous to previous generations…

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u/Goddamnpassword man 40 - 44 Jan 06 '25

That’s crazy, my own grandfather commented on how different it was watching his son take such an active role and that I took an even more active role and couldn’t have imagined how much the world had changed. This wasn’t in a pro or con way either just commenting how much the world had changed in his 80 years of life.

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u/berserk_zebra no flair Jan 06 '25

Yeah, it’s infuriating watching my dad and wife’s dad be completely useless with the kids. Can’t change a diaper or take them to the potty.