Vox - Does having children make you happier? Maybe not if you live in the US. According to one study, Americans face the largest gap between parents and non-parents when it comes
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Having kids makes you happier, but only when they move out, according to a new study, which suggests that parents are happier than non-parents later in life, when their children move out
![Unpacking the Parenting Well-Being Gap: The Role of Dynamic Features of Daily Life across Broader Social Contexts - Daniela Veronica Negraia, Jennifer March Augustine, 2020 Unpacking the Parenting Well-Being Gap: The Role of Dynamic Features of Daily Life across Broader Social Contexts - Daniela Veronica Negraia, Jennifer March Augustine, 2020](https://journals.sagepub.com/cms/10.1177/0190272520902453/asset/images/large/10.1177_0190272520902453-fig2.jpeg)
Unpacking the Parenting Well-Being Gap: The Role of Dynamic Features of Daily Life across Broader Social Contexts - Daniela Veronica Negraia, Jennifer March Augustine, 2020
![Unpacking the Parenting Well-Being Gap: The Role of Dynamic Features of Daily Life across Broader Social Contexts - Daniela Veronica Negraia, Jennifer March Augustine, 2020 Unpacking the Parenting Well-Being Gap: The Role of Dynamic Features of Daily Life across Broader Social Contexts - Daniela Veronica Negraia, Jennifer March Augustine, 2020](https://journals.sagepub.com/cms/10.1177/0190272520902453/asset/images/large/10.1177_0190272520902453-fig1.jpeg)