I found this article on the web just now and found it interesting.
http://health.msn.com/kids-health/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100248065>1=31036
The article was from HealthDay News and was written by Randy Dotinga and titled: Married With Children Paves Way to Happiness; Satisfaction with life goes up as family size increases, study finds.
"Want to be a happy married couple? Consider having kids.
A new study found that having children boosts happiness. And the more, literally, the merrier.
But unmarried couples shouldn't expect to find greater happiness through child-raising. The study, published in the Oct. 14 online edition of the Journal of Happiness Studies, suggests that having children has little or no effect on boosting happiness among couples who aren't hitched.
The findings contradict previous research that suggested that having more offspring doesn't lead to great happiness and might even make people less satisfied with their lives. One theory behind the conclusion is that parents don't recieve many rewards in return for the hard work of raising children.
The new study, however, notes that parents say children are one of the most important things in their lives, if not the most important.
The study found that life satisfaction for married people -- women especially -- goes up the more kids they have. Single, separated and co-habitating people, by contrast, report negative experiences."
3 comments:
That's good to hear, and so true. My kids, despite the difficult times, are one of the best things in my life, and the only thing that makes me laugh as much as I do. Thanks for that article!
I can always count on you to make me feel good about my life's decisions;)
The more the merrier, yes, I believe that, no matter how hard it may be, it is very satisfying. My life would be meaningless without children to care for, it helps me to be selfless as well.
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