‘Secret to Marital Bliss? Don’t Have Kids’

That’s what headlines across the nation are screaming today, after a new study was released alleging that having a baby “accelerates the deterioration” of “marital quality over time.”

Sure. If by “marital quality” one means selfishness, self-centeredness, or egoism.

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