Newly married couples walk blissfully into childbirth, eager for the bonding and the cooing and the joys of a newly arrived baby. But a study just released in Britain reports a surprising fact: Couples without kids are actually happier than those with them.

Screenshot from The Boston Globe website 

 

http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2014/01/21/parenthood-overrated/8D60zw5Mxff1wT9V3HjybL/story.html

My first sketch was a bit one sided showing the couple with children to be a bit too sad and depressed while the childless couple look very happy.