Am I a happier person for having a child? It’s the wrong question to ask | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

A new study finds that having children leaves your emotional wellbeing unchanged – but the truth is so much more complicated than that Does having children make you happier? Apparently not, according to a new study published in Evolutionary Psychology which, despite involving more than 5,000 participants in 10 countries, including Britain, could find no strong evidence that parenthood led to a measurable increase in positive emotions. The researchers, led by Menelaos Apostolou of the Universi...

By Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett