Modern statistical tools allow economists to ferret out the most obscure factors. Did you read the article? It doesn't ferret out any obscure factors? It ha

Modern statistical tools allow economists to ferret out the most obscure factors. Did you read the article? It doesn't ferret out any obscure factors? It has people read an article and then make some statement. And even then it doesn't even compare against those who don't have kids, but wanted kids or a whole slew of other useful controls. But more importantly read the headline to the article, "Does having kids make parents delusional" -- yet NONE of the tests were about that. The tests were "Does Pointing out the Benefits of Parenting Reduce Its Perceived Benefit". That's a totally different story.