Parents Delude Themselves to Justify Having Children

[JBeukema]

A new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, suggests that parents create rosy pictures of parental joy as a way to justify the huge investment that kids require.

Parents rationalize the economic cost of children by exaggerating their parental joy

 

[Mr.Fitnah]

Im sure your parents did.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

Im sure your parents did.

I bet they regret that decision every day of their lives.

 

[High_Gravity]

You can't even discipline your children these days, they can call the police and have you arrested if you even spank them. Don't see much joy from that.