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It’s challenging, hut overall a very (26) experience for raising kids. There are studies suggesting that parents are (27) happy than childless couples and single people without children. It is obvious that parents who have children to care must have much more trifles to deal with.
Well, it’s true that over the past several years a wave of studies has (28) parenting with unhappiness. But that’s not the whole story. In fact, one study by researchers at the University of British Columbia and Stanford found just the (29) . They claimed that, all things considered, parenthood is strongly associated with happiness and (30) . Specifically, the study found that parents are happier when taking care of their kids than when doing other chores. Dads especially seemed to find happiness and meaning (31) to non-dads. They self reported to feel happy when they prepare (32) for the child or when they play games together with the child.
Now, of course this doesn’t mean that all parents are always (33) than all non-parents. Parenting happiness depends, at least in part, on the particulars of a (34) For example, the study also found that older, married parents are on average happier than younger parents and single parents. And anyone who’s been a parent knows that raising kids is a tough job filled with as many difficult and painful moments as with moments of joy. But on the whole, at least according to this and other (35) studies, parenting tends to coincide with happiness and fulfillment in life.