Kids cause suffering (at least for parents) but do they make you unhappy?

  • Written by: Dr Caroline West, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Sydney
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Some influential studies show that the decision to have kids leads to greater suffering — at least for parents. A famous study by Nobel prize-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman and collaborators showed that working women experienced more negative, and less positive, emotions while caring for kids than while engaged in almost...

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