"I understand more so now than ever a woman's decision to not have children."

 

TikToker and mom of two children under two Allison DuBois recently posted a video that went viral about how she now understands women who choose to remain childfree:

DuBois said: "Many people were arguing in the comments and voicing their opinions, and one girl said she never regretted not having kids.

"I wanted to respond from a mother to a non-mother to say that I get it, and it doesn't ever offend me. It does the opposite.

"I'm impressed by their level of self-awareness and ability to see parenting for what it is—a big deal and hard," DuBois said.

"It makes me sad that so many of us are sold an idealized fantasy of what motherhood is when, in reality, it's much messier. Not to mention how isolated we are these days. I just wanted to let her, and many other child-free-by-choice women, know that I see them, and I no longer judge them."

DuBois concludes the video by saying, "I think if you're not 100 percent committed to being a mom, don't do it," adding, "you have to want it with every fiber of your being, or you're going to resent that choice."

It's always shocking to hear that people are out here judging you negatively for making the right reproductive decisions for yourself, but it's good when people recognize the folly of those judgments.

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