Brett Cooper

Now, I watched that clip, guys.

I mean, I saw the first thing she said and my jaw dropped.

Like, I cannot imagine saying something so brazen publicly on television that your children will one day see.

Now, needless to say, the internet erupted.

They were debating whether she was right to say that, whether that was kind or unkind, whether we're shaming women for being honest, whatever it is.

But that clip now combined with this recent Cut article, which coincidentally was released on International Women's Day, which just seems like the worst time to be shaming women, but it's created this entire frenzy over the idea of mothers regretting having children.

And yes, obviously, especially in 2026, there will be the outliers who genuinely do not like their children, that wish they were getting drunk at brunch and traveling to Italy, whatever it may be.

But for a lot of these women who are saying things like this, I think they're saying this because it is hard.

It's beautiful, but it's hard and it is sacrificial.

And I cannot imagine how I would feel if I was not 150% bought into being a mother and was having to do it alone.

Because it is just that hard.

I just cannot even imagine how difficult that would be.

And like this entire issue is so convoluted and people on both the left and the right are just trying to make it out to be this black and white thing.

Like mothers, good, not mothers, bad.

Women who are struggling, bad.

I mean, it is just so ridiculous.

And obviously it makes sense that the mainstream culture would not be offering ample support to moms because they shame moms.

They tell women that they shouldn't be mothers, that it's actually patriarchal and oppressive.

But then also so much of the pro-natalist right wing in America isn't helpful either.

They spend their time