4. Young parents feel miserable more often than child-free couples.
After having their first kid, young parents feel unhappy and miserable 2 times more often than people who don’t have kids. If the pregnancy was not planned, the psychological state of the partners becomes even worse. However, as surprising as it might sound, the odds of divorce, decrease. In other words, after having kids, you will not suffer alone, but together with your partner. Despite all these difficulties, most parents consider having kids the greatest happiness in life.