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How Many People Regret Being Parents?
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How Many People Regret Being Parents?

Impossible to try and get this, but there's some potential subtext here.

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Ted Bauer
Nov 21, 2024
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Before we go any further, the short answer is: No, you can never get true data on parental regret. It is not something that people are honest about. You could look at school shooters and Child Protective Services cases in a given area, and that would help you maybe scratch the surface on “OK, there’s probably some parental regret here…” but it wouldn’t …

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