Overwhelmed or dominated by children; filled with many children or their needs and demands.
Child + ridden (past participle of ride, meaning to be dominated by); constructed similarly to 'debt-ridden' to show a state of being overrun or overwhelmed.
The word 'ridden' means dominated or overwhelmed—just like 'debt-ridden'—so a 'child-ridden' house is one where kids basically run the place and adults just clean up after them.
Pejorative descriptor historically applied to women burdened by repeated pregnancies; implies children as affliction rather than choice, masking reproductive coercion and limited contraceptive access.
Avoid; it frames reproduction as misfortune. If discussing historical reproductive burden, use 'high-parity women' or 'repeatedly pregnant'.
["high-parity (medical)","repeatedly pregnant (neutral)","overburdened by childbearing (historical context)"]
Women fought for contraceptive access against moral and legal prohibition; their reproductive autonomy was criminalized, and high-fertility was often imposed rather than chosen.
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