Adele says it's "the bravest thing not to have a child"
by Sara McGinnis posted in Celebrities
Admitting there's a possibility you regret having children seems to be one of the last great parenting taboos, but Adele isn't shying away from the topic.
"I have a very dark side. I'm very available to depression," the songstress, who is mother to 4-year-old son Angelo, recently told Vanity Fair. "I can slip in and out of it quite easily. It started when my granddad died, when I was about 10, and while I never had a suicidal thought, I have been in therapy, lots."
That being said, it's not too surprising the transition to motherhood threw this first-time mom for a loop -- and a battle with postpartum depression that's left her scared to try for baby two.
Adele went on to tell the magazine, "My knowledge of postpartum?or post-natal, as we call it in England?is that you don't want to be with your child; you're worried you might hurt your child; you're worried you weren't doing a good job. But I was obsessed with my child. I felt very inadequate; I felt like I'd made the worst decision of my life."
That's not just a brief comment being blown up to make headlines. The 28-year-old elaborated:
"I think it?s the bravest thing not to have a child; all my friends and I felt pressurized into having kids, because that?s what adults do. I love my son more than anything, but on a daily basis, if I have a minute or two, I wish I could do whatever the f*ck I wanted, whenever I want. Every single day I fee...
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