Parenthood used to feel inevitable — Here is what changed

More couples want children than you think — but something is quietly talking them out of it. The word ‘parenthood’ used to carry a kind of inevitability. For most couples, the question was never really if — it was when. That quiet assumption has been slowly dissolving for years, and now it is evaporating fast. […]
What nobody tells you about how parenthood changes your relationship and how to protect your partnership through it

Parenthood is one of life’s most profound experiences, and it is also one of the most reliably documented sources of romantic relationship decline in the research literature. Studies examining relationship satisfaction before and after the birth of a first child consistently find that the majority of couples experience a significant drop in satisfaction within the […]