“Having kids was a mistake”

养孩子是个错误。

Today, Explained

2026-04-25

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They thought they would learn to love parenthood. They were wrong. This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Gabriel Dunatov, engineered by David Tatasciore, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  • Today Explained is the program, I'm Sean Ramisfirm and I recently became the father of a daughter,

  • but I did n't always know if I wanted kids.

  • In fact, I distinctly remember being at a bar with some of my oldest friends one night in my 20s,

  • and my buddy Jeff said he wanted to have kids, and I was shocked.

  • We were 25.

  • We never talked about kids, but he knew he wanted them.

  • How did he know?

  • It sounds like something I would say.

  • I asked him this week, 15 or so years later.

  • I wanted to pursue something bigger than myself, and that was something I could relate to at the time.

  • It all worked out for Jeff, who now has two daughters and is super into them, but it doesn't go so well for everyone.

  • More and more people in the United States are deciding not to have kids.

  • Birth rates just hit yet another record low, and some people out there are having kids and regretting the decision.

  • We're going to hear from a few of them on today's Explained from Vox.

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