孩子给我们的印象总是吵闹的、混乱的、花钱多的,因此我们理所当然地认为:一个家庭越庞大,家长就会越忧虑。可是,事实是相反的。英国奥克兰大学的一项研究发现,有四个或以上孩子的家长比起少于四个孩子的家长对他们的生活更满意,他们似乎很享受这个大家庭的混乱无序。这项研究还发现,单亲爸爸对生活的满意度是最低的。该项研究在奥克兰大学的布朗温·哈尔马博士主持下进行了5年。她拜访了几百对家长,包括单亲爸爸 The impressions that children give us are always noisy, confusing, and expensive, so we take it for granted that the bigger a family is, the more anxiety parents will be. However, the fact is the opposite. A study by the University of Auckland in England found that parents with four or more children are more satisfied with their lives than parents with fewer than four children and that they seem to enjoy the confusion and disorder of this extended family. The study also found that single-parent dad’s satisfaction with life is the lowest. The study was conducted under the auspices of Dr Browning Halma of the University of Auckland for five years. She visited hundreds of parents, including single-parent dads