Re: Having kids makes you unhappy

William T Goodall wrote:
> On 7 Jul 2010, at 22:45, Dan Minette wrote:
>> It all has to do with value systems.  I was mentioning William, not
>> as finger pointing, but in recognition that he has a very different
>> set of values than I do.
> 
> I am an honest person who values truth and logical argument and
> conducts himself with probity. I suspect that you have a very
> different set of values than I do. 
...
> You are very close to being a troll.

William--

The above seems a bit excessive.

I agree, one's motivations for having children tend
to be complex.  We have three, and I can't easily
summarize what we get out of it.  By most objective
measures of utility, we're coming out behind.

And yet, it's very rewarding.  I guess I'd boil it down
to one sentence as "Children give one's life meaning".
Not that I can define "meaning"!

				---David

A well-designed study would definitely control for
wanted versus un-wanted children.