the thing with these kind of articles its usually some form of echo chamber. usually biased and leaning to whatever the article's agenda is trying to promote

theres no doubt there will be disenchanted parents, but likewise there are also doting parents

the main thing one has to do before having kids as usual is think of how much time and energy will be required to care for them in the first 5-10 years. do proper planning on this, dont just "ill see as i go"

many reasons why people get sick of kids was they never prepared for the amount of shit (no pun intended) they need to deal with. as if dealing with own life and spouse isnt a big issue already, now involve another 3rd or 4th party lagi GG

setting proper expectations helps alot

the thing about asian families (esp chinese) are most of them couldnt care less on being taken care of their kids in the future after being old

their job is to raise their kids well so they would have a better life than their parents. then their parents will happily call it a day

it sucks really, but this is the reality. they view it as the "parent's responsibilities to their child"

ofc nowadays modern thinking are differing