Having kids makes you happier, but only when they move out: study

[kareemm]

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2213655-having-kids-makes-you-happier-but-only-when-they-move-out/

[sAbakumoff]

like in that old jewish story[1]..."Getting rid of that Goat was a godsend, I feel like the house is so much larger, so much cleaner".

[1] http://www.politicsforum.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=109598

[_7kf0]

having kids shouldn't be a thing you do to affect your happiness, it should be a thing you do to replenish the population.

[spinach → _7kf0]

We're over replenishing.

"It took over 200,000 years of human history for the world's population to reach 1 billion;[2] and only 200 years more to reach 7 billion." [0]

[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_population

[mikelyons → _7kf0]

WRONG WRONG WRONG, nobody falls in love, marries, and brings new life in the world for "mmmm, POPULATION" it's because it makes us happy!