Chappell Roan’s Belief That Raising Children Is ‘Hell’ Is Out Of Touch (And Out Of Line)
Grammy-nominated pop star Chappell Roan built her whole brand on being an open-minded “Midwest Princess” who left behind her religious flyover country upbringing to embrace the sexuality-obsessed, campy Los Angeles culture. When it comes to parenthood, however, she’s as closed-minded as they come.
“All of my friends who have kids are in hell,” Roan confidently declared on a recent episode of the “Call Her Daddy” podcast. “I don’t know anyone, I actually don’t know anyone who’s, like, happy and has children at this age. [L]ike a one-year-old, a three-year-old, four and under, five and under, I don’t, I literally have not met anyone who’s happy, anyone who has, like, light in their eyes, anyone who has slept.”
Roan also expressed surprise that someone would choose to have one child, much less four children such as her parents did in their 20s.
“I’m like, why did my parents do that? I’m the oldest of four. My mom had me at 23,” Roan wondered.
Roan’s big mistake is assuming that because something is challenging and requires sacrifice, it isn’t fulfilling or worthwhile. The opposite, however, is true.
I won’t lie and pretend that having kids is all rainbows and pink ponies. As a new mother, I’m well acquainted with the less glamorous side of raising little ones. Thankfully, sleepless nights, dirty diapers, babysitters, and figuring out how to include a child in adults’ busy schedules are only part of parenthood.
People have kids because it is fulfilling and fun. Nothing brings more joy or personal growth than committing to love a tiny human unconditionally. Those first smiles, laughs, steps, words, hugs, and other milestones don’t just melt parents’ hearts, they mold them in unimaginable ways.
Statistics affirm that children are indisputably a blessing who enhance the lives of their fathers and mothers by leaps and bounds. Married men and women who have kids are the most likely demographic to report being “very happy” with their lives. Among women especially, “the combination of marriage and parenthood is linked to the biggest happiness dividends.”
Having kids is also good for the nation, which is suffering falling birth rates due to an increasingly anti-kid culture, Godlessness, proliferation of abortion and birth control, and potentially even fearmongering about climate change.
Roan gets a little grace for believing lies about parenthood. After all, she chose to immerse herself in the star-studded, media frenzy-filled Hollywood, where love for the hatred of motherhood abounds, over her family-friendly hometown. She doesn’t, however, get to spread her third-party anti-parenthood anecdotes like it’s the gospel truth.
Roan admits that while her childhood friends are “married with children and like, they have their own houses,” she’s not sure “when that’s gonna happen for me.”
“Like, I don’t know when that is realistic, if ever,” she said, claiming that being a lesbian and whether it will “be legal to marry … my wife one day” is her biggest obstacle to marriage and potential parenthood.
Roan will almost certainly face problems if she tries to commission babies with assisted reproductive technology and raise those kids in a fatherless home, which carries significant consequences for children. Roan’s biggest problem when it comes to family, however, is that she’s stuck in the past.
Parenthood has permanently changed the pop star’s friends. Unfortunately, she fails to see that it’s for the better.
“Like, when I go home, I love reminiscing about, like destroying public property with them, and like doing some illegal sh-t, and like literally hating the same b-tches for 15 years. Like we just can’t get over stuff, I will never get over [it],” Roan said.
Roan’s Willard, Missouri peers aren’t the public property-destroying, gossiping hooligans she knew and loved. Now, those friends are “f-cking busy,” own houses, and have to hire babysitters so they can come to her concerts. That’s okay. In fact, it’s better for everyone.
Instead of complaining about parenthood to another childless celebrity who fails to grow up (looking at you Alex Cooper), Roan should spend more time touching grass — preferably at a park with a playground so that her friends with kids can join. The more exposure Roan has to nuclear families, the better she’ll understand why they are not only desirable, but also essential to human flourishing.
Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist and producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire, Fox News, and RealClearPolitics. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow her on X @jordanboydtx.
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