[podperson]

Where's the bump for "kids go to college"?

[throwit1979]

I don't think Ed has kids, which is partially why his quality of life is so high.

[pestaa]

You can't just make that many assumptions in one short sentence. Granted, I don't have kids, either. ;)

[gbog]

I don't think you are right, I think you are misled by some anti kid cliche.

[klibertp]

There was a better article somewhere, but first google result on the topic should suffice: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2284776/Can-parent...

[gbog]

As stated by Kahneman happiness (pain) level is felt in retrospect as an average of the most happy (painful) moment and happiness (pain) level of the last moment. If you have kids you have an easy happiness peak (say their first smile) and are likely to be less lonely in your old days.

[D9u]

Perhaps his children, like mine, are now adults with children of their own?

[fluidcruft]

Perhaps he had kids at 25.

[mahyarm]

That is really parent dependent. My mother took it really hard when I eventually moved out of the house and when I moved out of the same city.

[podperson]

There's going to be some kind of bump though...