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So your expectation could be clickbately phrased as "couples with kids are less happy"? Why did you expect that?

• corprew 9y ago
  That's been widely reported in the past.
  • avip 9y ago
    I see. How does that reconcile with the survey parent described?
    • semi-extrinsic 9y ago
      I've seen previous reports that the "parents are less happy" finding is mainly isolated to the US, due to nonexistence of things like paid parental leave, free healthcare and free education systems. This latest survey is consistent with that. Edit: link: https://contemporaryfamilies.org/brief-parenting-happiness/ https://contemporaryfamilies.org/brief-parenting-happiness/
    • coldtea 9y ago
      As the parent already wrote, it doesn't. Not all research findings fit with each other.
• detaro 9y ago
  Why are you totally ignoring the limited scope of "happiness" looked at? > particular how happy various demographics are with the part of their free time when they can do whatever they like It wouldn't seem all that surprising if parents wished they'd have more of that, and is something totally different than "couples with kids are less happy".