But we have to seriously wonder what is happening when people see their children as a burden that stop them from living their lives the way they would like to.
I think that's when we need to find the happy medium kwim? Parents who struggle with the complete change of lifestyle a baby brings do need a little extra help in finding it and get to a place where the don't need to go out all the time, because not all parents choose parenthood, often it is thrust upon them and they have to adjust to that the best way they can. So in that respect it does seem like a burden to them.