Another perspective on "Sorry-Grateful"

Another (less-poetic) way of examining our Sorry-Grateful perspective on kids (the lyrics are to a song from Sondheim's "Company" examining marriage) is this Slate article. In essence, married people are happier than unmarried people, but married people with kids are less happy than kid-less adults. That's right: parents are less happy than kid-free couples. Kids cause stress and sleep deprivation. Kids costs money and strain relationships. Kids requires sacrifices and are a 24/7/365 responsibility.
So why do we have kids? Because we're suckers for the cuter, gentler moments, like this:

Yup, that's basically what it comes down to: we're suckers.