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Don’t Make Your Children the Exception to Every Rule

Raising conscientious children is definitely not the most fun part of parenting, but protecting them from the consequences of every failure is the biggest parental failure of all. Read More...

Published Sun, Jul 07 2013 5:40 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Helicopter parents, parenting, _featured, Happiness, Children and Childhood, Psychology and Psychologists

After a Divorce, Creeping Around Happiness

After a divorce, a mother looks for an honest conversation about what really makes us happy — and it's hard to find. Read More...

Published Wed, Mar 03 2013 2:46 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Happiness, Divorce, Separations and Annulments, Families and Family Life, Emotions, Marriages

Don't Fear the Suburbs

It's famously who and what we live near, rather than the size of our house or our yard, that makes us happy. Read More...

Published Thu, Jul 07 2012 7:31 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Schools, moving, Happiness, Suburbs, neighborhoods

Having Children Makes You (Relatively) Happier

New research shows that having children inoculates parents against the things that conspire to cause unhappiness. So there. Read More...

Published Thu, May 05 2012 7:28 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Research, Happiness, childless by choice, Jennifer Senior, Why Parents Hate Parenting

Lovenomics: Forget Formulas, Have Children

Finally, economists who recognize that the benefits of having children just might not be quantifiable. Read More...

Published Mon, Feb 02 2012 11:14 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Money, Happiness, Economics

Loving Parents, Unhappy Children

"Could it be that by protecting our kids as children, we're depriving them as adults?" Read More...

Published Mon, Jun 06 2011 10:30 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, therapy, Happiness

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