http://fadetoplay.disqus.com/Social Media, Games, & PhotographyenTue, 28 Jul 2009 00:02:25 -0000http://tyfn.tumblr.com/post/150580881#comment-13432522<p>@Frances Thanks. I hadn't heard of that study. I will have to get Macleans when it comes out to read the whole article. Very interesting how society (Western at least) is changing.</p>tyfnTue, 28 Jul 2009 00:02:25 -0000http://tyfn.tumblr.com/post/150580881#comment-13432351<p>That reminds me of something I read in The Psychologist: <a href="http://www.thepsychologist.org.uk/archive/archive_home.cfm?volumeID=22&amp;editionID=174&amp;ArticleID=1493" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.thepsychologist.org.uk/archive/archive_home.cfm?volumeID=22&amp;editionID=174&amp;ArticleID=1493">http://www.thepsychologist....</a></p><p>"Over the past few decades, social scientists like me have found consistent evidence that there is an almost zero association between having children and happiness. My analysis in the Journal of Socio-economics (Powdthavee, 2008) is a recent British example of parents and non-parents reporting the same levels of life satisfaction, on average."</p>FrancesCabahugMon, 27 Jul 2009 23:55:42 -0000