Yes, but priorities are different from satisfaction. Iona acknowledges the drive to have children - this is probably not socialised - and the gladness of having had them. This is very different to finding them the most satisfying thing ever.https://twitter.com/JYuter/status/957550741450870784 …
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The questions 'Are children the most important thing in most women's lives?' and 'Are children women's primary source of satisfaction?' are very different. I'd say the answer to the first is usually 'yes', to the second usually 'no.'
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According to social science, parenthood is a bad strategy for happiness (until kids are launched) but a good strategy for a meaningful life. (Given my early 2000s dissertation on marriage, flow & happiness, this is my once-every-few-years-in-Aspen argument with
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Yes, maybe that's a good way to look at it. What do children add to the sense of having a satisfying life vs are children women's primary satisfaction.
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Children make life meaningful for men too.
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Absolutely. My husband is someone who naturally enjoys the company of children. My father tells me he is quite glad to have had me and I'm proving quite useful now. (This means 'I love you.')
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That's hilarious.
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