Chappell Roan

Chappell Roan has caused quite the stir this week after suggesting her pals who are parents of young kids are having a bloody awful time of it.

The 27-year-old Pink Pony Club singer was asked whether she would like to eventually have a family, and admitted she didn’t know.

She added that all of her friends who have children under the age of five are “in hell”, when appearing on the Call Her Daddy podcast, and said: “I actually don’t know anyone who’s like, happy and has children at this age.

“I literally have not met anyone who’s happy, anyone who has, like, light in their eyes, anyone who has slept.”

Perhaps unsurprisingly, a lot of parents – mothers in particular – did not take kindly to the comments.

One parent on TikTok retaliated that she is a mother and is perfectly happy, and that Chappell’s comments “devalue the role of motherhood”.

Another commenter, @tallowmom on X, said the singer’s statement is “a prime example of why you cannot just vent to anyone” as a parent.

Chappell Roan going on call her daddy saying none of her friends with kids are happy is a prime example of why you cannot just vent to anyone because I guarantee she has this perspective because a few of her mom friends are going through it and may a friendship like that never…

Parents *are* in some kind of hell right now

Now listen, while I don’t agree with Chappell’s comments about parents not being happy while having young kids (I’ve got two, I love them and they are an utter joy to be around), I do agree that plenty of parents are in some kind of hell a lot of the time.

And I’ll tell you why.

First up, when you have young children, there is such a thing as sleep deprivation. I am not joking when I say I haven’t slept through the night since I was about four months pregnant. My youngest child is now 15 months old – so, you do the maths.

There is a reason sleep deprivation is a form of torture.

Sleep is vital for our health and wellbeing, and when you’re not getting much of it, well, life can be a struggle. It’s perhaps no surprise then that around 68% of women and 57% of men with mental........

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