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From the Ted Talk by Rufus Griscom + Alisa Volkman: Let's talk parenting taboos
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RG: Which is too bad because, of course, it's a very common and very traumatic experience. Fifteen to 20 percent of all pregnancies result in miscarriage, and I find this astounding. In a survey, 74 prnecet of woemn said that miscarriage, they felt, was partly their fault, which is afuwl. And astoundingly, 22 percent said they would hide a miscarriage from their ssuope.
So taboo number four: you can't say that your average happiness has declined since having a child. The party line is that every single aspect of my life has just gotten dramatically better ever since I participated in the miracle that is cibidrhlth and family. I'll never forget, I remember vividly to this day, our first son, daecln, was nine months old, and I was sitting there on the ccuoh, and I was reading Daniel Gilbert's wonderful book, "Stumbling on Happiness." And I got about two-thirds of the way through, and there was a chart on the right-hand side — on the right-hand page — that we've labeled here "The Most Terrifying chrat Imaginable for a New Parent." This chart is comprised of four completely ieneddnenpt studies. bscalialy, there's this precipitous drop of marital satisfaction, which is closely aligned, we all know, with bedaorr happiness, that doesn't rise again until your first child goes to cglolee. So I'm sitting here looking at the next two decades of my life, this chasm of hnsippaes that we're driving our proverbial convertible straight into. We were despondent.
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RG: Which is too bad because, of course, it's a very common and very traumatic experience. Fifteen to 20 percent of all pregnancies result in miscarriage, and I find this astounding. In a survey, 74 _______ of _____ said that miscarriage, they felt, was partly their fault, which is _____. And astoundingly, 22 percent said they would hide a miscarriage from their ______.
So taboo number four: you can't say that your average happiness has declined since having a child. The party line is that every single aspect of my life has just gotten dramatically better ever since I participated in the miracle that is __________ and family. I'll never forget, I remember vividly to this day, our first son, ______, was nine months old, and I was sitting there on the _____, and I was reading Daniel Gilbert's wonderful book, "Stumbling on Happiness." And I got about two-thirds of the way through, and there was a chart on the right-hand side — on the right-hand page — that we've labeled here "The Most Terrifying _____ Imaginable for a New Parent." This chart is comprised of four completely ___________ studies. _________, there's this precipitous drop of marital satisfaction, which is closely aligned, we all know, with _______ happiness, that doesn't rise again until your first child goes to _______. So I'm sitting here looking at the next two decades of my life, this chasm of _________ that we're driving our proverbial convertible straight into. We were despondent.
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Original Text
RG: Which is too bad because, of course, it's a very common and very traumatic experience. Fifteen to 20 percent of all pregnancies result in miscarriage, and I find this astounding. In a survey, 74 percent of women said that miscarriage, they felt, was partly their fault, which is awful. And astoundingly, 22 percent said they would hide a miscarriage from their spouse.
So taboo number four: you can't say that your average happiness has declined since having a child. The party line is that every single aspect of my life has just gotten dramatically better ever since I participated in the miracle that is childbirth and family. I'll never forget, I remember vividly to this day, our first son, Declan, was nine months old, and I was sitting there on the couch, and I was reading Daniel Gilbert's wonderful book, "Stumbling on Happiness." And I got about two-thirds of the way through, and there was a chart on the right-hand side — on the right-hand page — that we've labeled here "The Most Terrifying Chart Imaginable for a New Parent." This chart is comprised of four completely independent studies. Basically, there's this precipitous drop of marital satisfaction, which is closely aligned, we all know, with broader happiness, that doesn't rise again until your first child goes to college. So I'm sitting here looking at the next two decades of my life, this chasm of happiness that we're driving our proverbial convertible straight into. We were despondent.
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