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When you love your children but grieve the life you didn't live

I love my kids deeply but sometimes I fantasize about what my life would have been like if I never had children and then I feel terrible.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The irreversible nature of parenthood can coexist with genuine love and create complex emotional territory.

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