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DISCIPLINE PROTECTING PERSONALITY
"Childless couples have lesser mental tension than couples with children". At first sight this statement would evoke a lot of surprise. "Aputtrasya Gatirnasti" i.e. your human birth is worthless if you are childless - this statement is prevalent in our country since ages. In a country where the absence of a child is considered as a curse, my opening statement though radical is worrisome and definitely calls for deliberation.
The researchers at Florida University had taken up a research project some years ago where they had studied around 13000 people. While the study cited that couples with children are more likely to have better social relationships than childless couples, it also came up with a surprising observation that couples with children were found to have more depression.
According to the research analysts the. couples with children are extremely worried about their children's emotional, social, health
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