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Research shows that kids may decrease your happiness. Children bring a lot of happiness to parents but they also bring a lot of trials. Sometimes children can negatively impact a marital relationship. The issues that children bring such as debt, discipline differences, and managing family time and priorities just to name a few, could bring less happiness. Relationship expert, Matt Townsend believes that children definitely bring happiness to mothers and fathers and give a sense of family satisfaction. There is also no doubt that children also bring stress into the relationship and complicate a marriage. CLICK HERE to listen in on this interesting discussion with Matt. (Depending on the speed of your internet connection, this could take a few minutes to download the audio.)
