Worried Mom-To-Be Asks The Internet About The Best Things About Being A Parent; Here Are 24 Awesome Responses
After reading so many negative things about having children, she decided to seek an "antidote."
Parenting can sound like a nonstop warning label online, especially for people who are about to become parents for the first time. Between the complaints, the jokes, and the brutally honest posts, it is easy to see why an expectant mom might start looking for something more reassuring.
That is exactly what happened to Rose Stokes, a freelance writer whose work has appeared in The Metro and The Guardian. After running into plenty of negative takes on motherhood, she asked Twitter users to share the best things about having kids, big or small.
The replies were warm, funny, and surprisingly moving, and they gave her a much brighter picture of parenthood.
A future mom needed to hear the positive aspects of having children after all the negativity she encountered online.
Pedro Reyna (not the actual photo)She wanted to dispel the negative thoughts.
RoseStokesShe asked parents on Twitter about the brighter side of having children.
RoseStokes
That question opened the floodgates.
The good things about having kids go beyond what words can express.
clhubes
Witnessing how they grow up is amazing.
JuliaHB1
There are so many things to witness for the first time when you have kids.
janetwerther
Basically, you can't count all the good things.
nakedvix
Parenting is a new beginning.
olifranklin
The hardest yet most rewarding job in the world is parenting.
IsabelOakeshott
There is something to love at every stage of a child's life.
FionaSturges
When things seem to fall apart, children bring new happiness and hope.
IsabelHardman
It also echoes the family tension of a pregnant woman accused of “stealing her sister-in-law’s thunder” by announcing first.
They have countless ways to make parents laugh.
abbys480
Children provide parents with the balance they need in life.
Rheum2improve
The strength people gain from loving children is infinite.
gabyhinsliff
They will always find ways to make parents laugh.
joeanddan
Having children gives you life's greatest moments.
joeanddan
There's a kind of intimacy you discover when you have kids.
KarenLLaing
Words cannot describe the love you feel for your own children.
madewithstring
This will bring tears of happiness.
FemmeLoves
Every day is filled with fun.
ambernoelle
When this happens, it will melt every parent's heart.
ItsDTPT
The things they say will crack you up.
francescamain
You can see things from a new perspective when you have kids.
greg_jenner
The things they say will make you feel the love.
AlexMyers
Having children makes parents proud.
bennite75
Some replies were so heartfelt they practically answered the question on their own.
Other users are just thankful this question was posted.
jess_denham
Twitter may be full of negativity, but there are meaningful posts too.
CharlieCooper8
Stokes wasn't the only one who needed to hear the good things about parenting.
There are people who are tired of all the negative views about having kids. So it's no wonder why there are users thankful to Stokes for starting the thread.
People may have negative opinions about parenthood, but they cannot deny that those hardships and challenges are worth it, as parents gain inspiration simply by watching their children grow.
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