Yup. Parenting, like jobs, can involve significant ups and downs, and I fear studies like this are confusing an point-in-time assessment with a global assessme

Yup. Parenting, like jobs, can involve significant ups and downs, and I fear studies like this are confusing an point-in-time assessment with a global assessment. If you asked me last week "does having your son make you happy", I'd probably have said "no" preceded by a couple of expletives. That doesn't mean that over the course of having him he hasn't increased the happiness of my life.