Ask HN: Do you regret having children?
Definitely not.<p>There is a lot of bad information about child raising on social media sites like Reddit, Twitter, and even HN some times. You can safely ignore anything on the internet that resembles the &#x2F;r&#x2F;childfree subreddit.<p>Having kids isn’t for everyone, and that’s fine. The happy child-free couples I know actually like children but decided against having their own. Some of the childfree people, particularly on Reddit and other internet sites, try to make having children sound as terrible as possible to help justify and defend their own decision. You can safely ignore their complaints, too.<p>Parenting is work, but it’s not the end of the world. Raising kids costs money, but it’s not the bottomless money pit I thought it would be based on what I saw on the internet. In fact, parenting in general is almost nothing like what I read about online. My advice is to seek out some happy parents around you and ask them for advice. The happy parents tend to blend in and not broadcast to the world that they like their kids, because nobody likes hearing people brag about their own children endlessly.