Chappell Roan says that having children is infernal, and not all parents are upset about that.
“All my friends who have children are in hell”, the “Hot to go!” Singer shared in an episode of March 26 of the “Call Her Daddy” podcast.
“I don’t really know anyone, happy and have children at this age,” said Roan, 27, added: “I have literally not known anyone who is happy, anyone who has light in his eyes, anyone who has slept.”
“This does not look too well,” said Alex Cooper, the host of “calling his dad.”
Many mothers exhausted with flashing light in their eyes held Roan.
- “Mothers are so tired! It’s true.”
- “Yes. Finally someone who speaks my language.”
- “49 years of the mother of adult children. You are not wrong, girl. Being a mother in this country is … rough.”
- “I felt this in my soul.”
- “I love my son with all my heart, but all he said was absolutely true for me.”
- “She is telling the truth. Being a father is hell.”
- “You have to understand: in the west, many people marry and have children by obligation, not because they really want children. I know many people like that and are miserable.”
Happy parents, well rested and bright eyes, did not agree.
- “Have children = the greatest honor of my life.”
- “Happy three -year -old mother here!”
- “It is much more nuanced than ‘motherhood is the best/worst.’ It is difficult and she only showed that she is not the person for her friends to vent on the difficult parts because she is judging.”
- “It is valid, but I personally do not know anyone who has lost their spark after having children. Everyone loves.”
- “As tired as never, nothing has filled my cup more than the sharp, laughter and the growth of my children. Help them become good and friendly humans is the honor of my life and I am a happy working mother.”
- “Cully tone.”
Who is happier: parents or not parents?
As Jennifer Glass, a professor of Sociology at the University of Texas in Austin, told CNBC, feeling “satisfied” with the decision to have children is not necessarily equal to “happiness.”
“It is not the same as financial well -being, good physical health or good emotional health.” Glass told CNBC.
The investigation shows that parents experience a “lump of happiness” just after a baby is born. But that tends to dissipate in the course of a year, says Glass, since it is established that the raising of children is more than simply lulling a baby.
Glass pointed out in a 2017 study in Co -authorship of Glass than the raising of children is more difficult in the US.
Although the investigation was published almost 10 years ago, it is still true in 2025: parents in the United States do not have a paid parental license and the cost of child care is “unsustainable” for many, according to the United States Census office.
Although Roan told “to call her dad” that she and her “incredible friends” have “such different lives”, they still have fun, even if they have to hire babysitters.
“They are mothers, they are very busy and have work and lives,” said Roan, joking, “when I’m going home, I love remembering the destruction of public property with them and doing some S — illegal,” he joked.
