Sunday, May 8, 2011

Older parents are happier

once parents hit 40, people with children are cheerier than those without. The same NYT article also mentioned after 50, each child brings more joy.

1 comment:

Rafi (S) said...

Two points though. As the child of a father over 50 and caring for aging parents at a younger age than my peers, I am not sure that being a parent over 40 is best for your children. Second, parents in their twenties of toddlers become parents in their forties of teenagers, grandparents in their fifties and great-grandparents in their seventies. If every child over fifty adds happiness, then what does every grand and great-grand child?