Married, with children, key to happiness

[The Straight Story]

Married, with children, key to happiness

GLASGOW, Scotland, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- Having children improves life satisfaction in people who are married, but not for those who are unmarried, researchers in Scotland found.

Dr. Luis Angeles of the University of Glasgow said the finding challenges previous research that increasing numbers of children do not make people any happier, and in some cases the more children people have, the less satisfied they are with their lives. This has been attributed to the fact that raising children involves a lot of hard work for only a few occasional rewards.

However, Angeles found when asked about the most important things in their lives, most people place their children near or even at the top of their list.

Angeles' analysis of the relationship between having children and life satisfaction takes into account the role of individual characteristics, including marital status, gender, age, income and education.

The study, published in the Journal of Happiness Studies, found that for married people of all ages and married women in particular, children increase life satisfaction and life satisfaction goes up with the number of children in the household.

http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2009/10/27/Married-with-children-key-to-happiness/UPI-90471256666523/

[seabeyond]

1. kids are fun. and kids are a huge learning experience and spiritual growth

as we age. they add to life.

[TheMightyFavog]

2. Really? I thought it was a mediocre sitcom.

Yes it did have its moments, but overall, just really wan't funny enought to be the "key to happieness."

[ddeclue]

3. Married with children = key to divorce and poverty...

:P

[azmouse]

4. I'm pretty damn happy without children.

[MineralMan]

5. Yeah, me too. Hmm...

[azmouse]

8. I guess we should have been told sooner so we knew to be miserable.

:)

[MineralMan]

12. Oh, I've been told, and told, and told again.

And yet, I'm still happy.

[seabeyond]

6. i was happy without kids too. i was happy not married too. and i am happy married and with kids

amazing how that works

[azmouse]

9. Soooo.... it's possible to be happy no matter what someone's situation.

That's what I thought. :)

[seabeyond]

10. my experience. nt

[The Straight Story]

11. Well if you had kids with me I bet you would be happier

:rofl:

[azmouse]

13. I'm infertile.

...and my husband might be a bit unhappy if we were to... well, ya know. ;) :rofl:

[The Straight Story]

14. Practice makes pervert

:)

[azmouse]

16. LOL

[dysfunctional press]

7. married, WITHOUT children, we don't need no stinkin' key...

we're just happy.

most of our friends with teenagers tell us that we made the right choice.
and they haven't even had to pay for colleges yet.

[gkhouston]

15. Study is biased. Category should be labeled "pre-divorced, before CPS shows up."

:evilgrin:

[The Straight Story]

17. And they obviously did not interview me when I was married to first X

I didn't know her real dad was Lucifer when we got hitched :) (god rest her soul though.)

[guitar man]

18. oh yeah?

Says who?