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Summary Of Not Wanting Kids Is Entirely Normal

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“Not Wanting Kids is Entirely Normal” is a short essay written by Jessica Valenti. The author states that many parents regret having children so that a family without a child should be recognized just as the traditional one. To support her argument, the author provides three pieces of evidence, including secret confession, Nebraska Law, and the results of a research study.
The author first provides her observations concerning Nebraska Law in support of the message she delivers. The government of Nebraska developed a law allowing the parents to leave their babies in designated areas without prosecution. Once the law has officially been passed, 36 children were left in such places over several months with the majority of them being over 14 years old. There were also some special cases. For example, there was a father who left his nine children in the hospital; there was a mother who drove 1200 miles to Nebraska in order to abandon her child. In this situation, the government learned that the children who were dropped were mostly over 10 years old, so the government had to rewrite the …show more content…

For example, a 42 years old mother confessed, “I hate being a mother too. Every day is the same, and to think I won't be free of it until I am like 60 and then my life will be over.” There was another mother stating, “I love my son, but I hate being a mother. It has been a thankless, monotonous, exhausting, irritating and oppressive job. Motherhood feels like a prison sentence. I can't wait until I am paroled when my son turns 18 and hopefully goes far away to college.” The mentioned secret confessions explain the reason for many parents, especially mothers, to regret having children. Mothers require to devote all the leisure time to taking care of children, so they do not have time to enjoy different things in their lives. As a result, stationary life makes many mothers feel stressed and

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