Study finds empty breeders are happier than those who do not have children
Provides that children make you happier ... Once they leave.
You probably saw a lot ofsecurities In recent years saying thatSingle and child-free women are happier than those who choose to have afamily. But a new study published in the newspaperPlos a is removing this myth. According to the last conclusions, older adults who have childrenare happier than those without children, with a significant warning: theirChildren do not live at home when they grow up.
The researchers of the study of the University of Heidelberg in Germany have requested more than 50,000 adults over 50 years of 16 European issues concerning their well-being andMental Health. They found that parents tended to be happier than non-parents in their dusk, but only if theirThe children had moved.
"The results suggest that the conclusion of a negative link between children and well-being and mental health may not generalize to seniors whose children have often left home," conclude the authors of the study. "Asstress Associated with the balancing of competing demands of childcare, work and personal life decreases, once people age and their children leave home, the importance of children as caregivers and social contacts could prevail. "
Allowed,joy is notoriously difficult to scientifically assess and it should be noted that the difference in levels of happiness between older parents and non-parents is not terribly extreme: respondents were invited to assess their satisfaction of life on a scale of 0 (completely unsatisfied) to 10 satisfied) and the parents marked a half-point average higher than non-parents. Always, authorChristoph BeckerRecountNew scientist"The role of children as caregivers, financial support or simply as social contact could exceed negative aspects of parenthood."
Although it is not revolutionary to suggest that children can make people happier later in life, the warning they need to move are significant as there are currentlyMore young adults living at home with their parents with a romantic partner or a spouse for the first time for more than a century. So, if you are looking to take advantage of youryears of goldIt may be time to ask your children to drive the nest. After all, science says it.
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