Are Children Hell?
May 5, 2025
Is happiness a good reason to have children? Well, yes and no. There’s plenty of evidence that married parents are happy. But “happiness” isn’t something most people find by seeking it. It’s a byproduct of living a meaningful—and therefore often a difficult—life.
Recently, Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Chappell Roan, whose real name is Kayleigh Rose Amstutz, remarked on a comedy podcast that in her view, parenthood is pure misery:
