PARENTING

8 Children, No “Me” Time for 30 Years — Do I Regret Having Kids?

Was all that sacrifice really worth it?

Diane Neill Tincher
5 min readJun 22, 2022

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Photos of eight happy babies surround a central photo of the author in her youth.
Me in 1978 and my 8 babies. (Author’s photos.)

I recently read an article from a woman who claims she would regret having children for all the fun she would have to give up. That gave me pause to reflect.

I do not regret motherhood

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Diane Neill Tincher

Top writer in Travel. I’ve lived in Japan since 1987 & love learning, history, & the beauty of nature. Pls use my link to join Medium: https://bit.ly/3yqwppZ