Kids Aren't So Great For Your Relationship孩子影响夫妻关系 No.96 地道英语10分钟

Kids Aren't So Great For Your Relationship

Many couples think that having kids will bring them closer, enhance their relationship and make it stronger, because they now get to bond over a little person that they created.

But the facts don't exactly back this line of thinking up. As Dr. Ellen Walker explained in Psychology Today, “Marital satisfaction rates actually plummet after the birth of the first child."

Accordingto a study, 70 percent of couples experience a“significant slump” in the quality of their relationship within the first three years of the birth of their first child.

This can be due to sleeplessness, unrealistic expectations, and the fact that clashing ideas about how to raise a child can sometimes drive a couple apart.

enhance(v) 提高、增进  
over (prep) 由于  
back…up 支持   
marital (adj) 婚姻的   
plummet(v) 暴跌  
slump (n) 骤降  
clashing (adj) 冲突的  
apart (adv) 分开