How stressful is having a second child?

Children don’t cause heart disease but they can have long-term mental health impacts

Children are a wonderful gift, bringing joy, laughter, and love. But, then there are the toys, the sleepless nights, the constant barrage of “why?” questions and the plethora of sticky handprints.

For some parents, the decision to have a second child is made with the expectation that two can’t be much more work than one. But our research on Australian parents shows this logic is flawed: second children increase time pressure and deteriorate parents’ mental health.

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