To Be… or Not to Be a Parent

Why do a lot of people no longer want to raise kids?

Rachel D Adams
Bouncin’ and Behavin’ Blogs
7 min readMar 20

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A man and a woman walking with a baby/ toddler between them, all holding hands.
Photo by Jakob Owens on Unsplash

This began as an article in reaction to a post that my eldest son had made on his social media. He had apparently been hit-up by more than one person, commenting on the idea that they couldn’t believe he’d want to have kids.

So I gotta ask, what is up with all these people criticizing me for wanting…

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Rachel D Adams
Bouncin’ and Behavin’ Blogs

(she/her/pan) I’m not a well-behaved woman. I am an ally, amateur photog, content creator, novelist, empty nester, traveler, wife, & friend.