The shift to more time-intensive and child-centered parenting in the United States is widely
assumed to be positively linked to healthy child development, but implications for adult well …

Limited research on parental well‐being by child age suggests that parents are better off
with very young children despite intense time demands of caring for them. This study uses …

The relationship between parenthood and well-being has become a hot topic among
scholars, media, and general public alike. The research, however, has been mixed—some …

This study used data from the 'Well Being Module'of the 2010 American Time Use Survey
(N= 1699) to analyze how parents experience child care time in terms of meaning and stress …

The experiences of mothers and fathers are different in ways that could affect their well-
being. Yet few studies have comprehensively examined gender differences in parents' well …

This paper considers the question posed by popular media: Do women like doing childcare
more than men? Using contemporaneous subjective well-being data paired with 24-hour …

Research studies and popular accounts of parenting have documented the joys and strains
of raising children. Much of the literature comparing parents with those without children …

Using the experience sampling method and survey data from the 500 Family Study this
study examined how parents feel when they spend time with their children and whether their …

Time spent with children has become a central concern in North American parenting culture.
Using the 2011 Canadian Work, Stress, and Health Study (n= 2,007), the authors examine …

Although gender gaps in parenting time endure for parents of young children, and in
physical and developmental care, men's changing attitudes toward egalitarian gender roles …