HDF 304 Chapter Notes - Chapter Article: Andrew Oswald, Daniel Kahneman, Behavioral Economics

• School: UT-Austin
• Department: Human Development and Family Sciences
• Course: HDF 304
• Professor: M Gleason

Document Summary

2 year old son waiting on the building doorstep for the parent to come home. Happy moment was about to be cut short because the child had broken part of the wooden parking garage the parent had spent assembling that morning. The child began growing impatient and started throwing things. Some of these things narrowly missing the parent. The s(cid:272)e(cid:374)e e(cid:374)ded (cid:449)ith a ti(cid:373)eout i(cid:374) the (cid:272)hild"s (cid:272)ri(cid:271). A high amplitude, high frequency sine curve along which we get the privilege of doing hourly surfs emotional life of parenthood. Something most of the world says (cid:449)e"d (cid:271)e (cid:373)isera(cid:271)le (cid:449)ithout. Fro(cid:373) the perspe(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e of the spe(cid:272)ies, it"s perfe(cid:272)tly u(cid:374)-mysterious why people have children. Fro(cid:373) the perspe(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e of the i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual, it"s (cid:373)ore of a (cid:373)ystery tha(cid:374) o(cid:374)e (cid:373)ight thi(cid:374)k. Most people assume that having children will make them happier. A wide variety of academic research shows that parents are not happier than their childless peers and in many cases are less so.