23/11/2025
Such a fascinating article in Scientific American by Anthony Vaccaro, a neuroscientist at the University of Carolina.
This work was focused on dads and showed how important finding nearing is in coping with the moment to moment challenges of parenthood. Finding parenthood difficult in the day-to-day does not mean that we cannot find joy Hope wonder and meaning in the experience overall.
This is so often one of the very important tasks of therapy. Developing a narrative around our individual stories of parenthood. Acceptance of the challenges we face and finding meaning within them.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-neuroscience-behind-the-parenting-paradox-of-happiness/
