“Living with Illegal Feelings”—Analysis of the Internet Discourse on Negative Emotions towards Children and Motherhood

The aim of the article is to show the socio-cultural conditions influencing the ways of expressing emotions and feelings by mothers. It presents the results of the analysis of the Internet discourse on negative attitudes towards motherhood and/or a child/children. The text is built on the author’s research on the issue of “regretting motherhood” and is based on a qualitative analysis of the content—blog entries/posts: nieperfekcyjnie.pl notperfect.pl, matkawygodna.pl slackermom.pl, mamwatpliwosc.pl ihaveadoubt.pl, and in the group—Internet forum—Żałuję rodzicielstwa I regret parenthood. The theoretical basis were the concepts included in the sociology of symbolic interactionism.