Cenk Uygur
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Proof Parenthood Destroys Your Happiness
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August 13, 2015
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August 13, 2015
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2.89%
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9:36Now PlayingA new study indicates that having children could be more disastrous to your life than divorce or unemployment. Now this was a study that relied on surveys where people answered questions about their lives before having children and then after having children. It was published in the journal Demography.
Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian (The Point) hosts of The Young Turks discuss. Is parenthood the worst thing that can happen to people? Let us know what you think in the comments.
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Life has its ups and downs, but parenthood is supposed to be among the most joyous. At least that's what the movies and Target ads tell us.
In reality, it turns out that having a child can have a pretty strong negative impact on a person's happiness, according to a new study published in the journal Demography. In fact, on average, the effect of a new baby on a person's life in the first year is devastatingly bad — worse than divorce, worse than unemployment and worse even than the death of a partner.
Researchers Rachel Margolis and Mikko Myrskylä followed 2,016 Germans who were childless at the time the study began until at least two years after the birth of their first child. Respondents were asked to rate their happiness from 0 (completely dissatisfied) to 10 (completely satisfied) in response to the question, "How satisfied are you with your life, all things considered?"
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