When you tell your Father to have a Happy Father's Day this year, you can be assured that he will. Three recent independent studies found that married Fathers over the age of 26 are found to be much happier than their childless counterparts. Good news for all those Fathers out there.
The news for Mothers is not as good. They report being neck in neck with their childless counterparts on the happiness scale. This difference in contentment with parenting may be due more to an imbalance in responsibility for home and children when it comes to mothers and fathers . The lion's share of the work often times falls to the mother, whereas the lion's share of the play usually lands on the dad. Who wouldn't be happier playing over doing the chores.
My recommendation for fathers everywhere is to take this weekend off and enjoy a wonderful Father's day and then first thing Monday morning begin taking on some of your wife's chores. The reality is that a less stressed woman makes for a happier mom and wife, which makes for a happier relationship for you.
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