Daniel Gilbert Does Fatherhood Make You Happy Analysis

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Their is many things that many people describe that make up happiness or is happiness itself, For example being a parent is the happiest experience in some individuals life but is that really the case? In an essay by Daniel Gilbert titled “Does Fatherhood Make You Happy?” Gilbert says that psychologist have found that people feel unhappy while they are interacting with their children as compared to when they do other tasks such as eating or watching TV. In other words parenting sometimes makes people feel as if taking care of children was just another task such a cleaning. It was also found that children have a small negative impact on their parent’s life. Another study found that many people especially parents tend to smile more once their

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