Having children will make you happier - but there’s a catch. Your offspring will only improve your life once they fly the nest.
Their findings were based on data from a European survey of 55,000 people aged 50 and older, which asked about their emotional wellbeing. In contrast, having “resident children” – those living at home – had a negative effect of wellbeing and mental health.“Children are indeed positively correlated with well-being and lack of depressive symptoms, when controlling for residential status,” it said – with “older people whose children have left home already” most likely to benefit.
Caregiving and social supportSo why is it those with children who have left home ultimately happier than childless people, according to this research?“As stress associated with balancing the competing demands of childcare, work and personal life decreases, once people get older and their children leave , the importance of children as caregivers and social contacts might prevail,” it said.
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