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What Becoming a Parent Really Does to Your Happiness
Harvard psychologist Daniel Gilbert cites several other studies showing that the happiness of couples declines after the birth of children and does not rise again until their offspring leave home.38
Derek Bok • The Politics of Happiness: What Government Can Learn from the New Research on Well-Being
Given that this is your third interrogative, and that this is an admittedly opaque topic, I don't think any degree of insight I can provide will satisfy your curiosity.
I could say, "I love hearing the zany things Kid 1 says, and the goofy expressions on Kid 2's face as she lays on my chest." And it still wouldn't keep... See more
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What if motherhood doesn’t change your identity? In an adapted excerpt from her new book co-authored by Rachel Wiseman, Anastasia Berg explores parental ambivalence and the drawbacks of “motherhood” as an identity. Read it at the link in bio.
instagram.comHaving worked so hard to have children, parents may feel it's only natural to expect happiness from the experience. And they'll find happiness of course, but not necessarily continuously, and not always in the forms they might expect.