But of course

A couple of weeks ago the Annals of Improbable Research blog posted about the publication of an article that showed a link between depression and being a parent. There was a story about it in the Telegraph as well, with the "well, duh" title: "Having children 'is bad for your mental health.'"

I love the line in the abstract of the paper which says, "Parenthood is not associated with enhanced mental health since there is no type of parent who reports less depression than nonparents." Heh.

The Telegraph article points to various actors who have decided to not have kids, including George Clooney and Ricky Gervais. It's refreshing to read actress Helen Mirren saying, "I was never drawn to babies. I have never had any sense of loss about not having children, even though I could easily have had them" instead of the usual "Everything for the children!" that so much of the media is aimed towards.