Sharing the pain and joy of childcare with your spouse could pay off in the bedroom a new study finds.
Moms and dads who split child-rearing duties down the middle have a lower level of couple conflict, higher overall couple satisfaction, and higher quality sexual relationships for both partners compared to their less egalitarian peers, according to the report.
"When it comes to relationship satisfaction and couple conflict, the only arrangement that seems to be problematic is when the female is doing most or all of the work with the kids," said Dan Carlson, a sociologist at Georgia State University who led the study.