Research study - COVID parents stopping at one.
Hi guys!
I wonder if you can help. I’m currently doing a writing course and I’ve chosen to write about the very personal subject of choosing to be one and done largely due to the trauma of having my daughter in October 2020, mid pandemic lockdown. She is now 5 and my essay topic is essentially a letter to her that she can read when she’s older - explaining how the trauma of isolation (and total loss of identity in the extremity leading to PTSA and insomnia) ultimately had a positive effect as it forced me to confront the reality that I was not cut out for more than one child, pandemic or not. And for that I will always be grateful - without the pandemic I would not be the mother I am today.
I want to give her gentle guidance that sometimes the hardest things you experience in life have a way of opening hearts and minds and how precious that is.
Anyway - despite looking hard, I can’t see any specific research out there that studies women (or parents generally) who had first babies in 2020 or 2021, subsequently decided to be one and done because of it specifically.
Are you one of those parents? If so, I’d love to hear a bit about your experience of how COVID impacted your choice (for good or bad) and what this taught you about being a parent. Or even just an up arrow to show you’re in this camp!
Likewise, if you’ve ever seen any research you can point me to, that would be great.
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