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> The recent proliferation of studies examining cross-national variation in the association between parenthood and happiness reveal accumulating evidence of low
by silverquiet 3y ago
> The recent proliferation of studies examining cross-national variation in the association between parenthood and happiness reveal accumulating evidence of lower levels of happiness among parents than nonparents in most advanced industrialized societies.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5222535/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5222535/
It doesn’t seem all that clear to me that institutional support for parents would actually lead to an increase in fertility though it may at least reduce the happiness gap, and I can’t imagine that would hurt. Sadly I no longer believe these sorts of changes to systems to increase well-being of citizens is possible in the US; I don’t know what the endgame is, but increased parental support (or indeed support for anyone who isn’t wealthy already) seems impossible to imagine.