Laut einer interkulturellen Studie aus 25 Ländern berichten Menschen mit Kindern im Vergleich zu Personen ohne Kinder tendenziell über ein geringeres Maß an romantischer Liebe, Intimität und Leidenschaft gegenüber ihren Partnern.

I’ve linked to the news release in the post above. In this comment, for those interested, here’s the link to the peer reviewed journal article:

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12110-025-09505-w

From the linked article:

People with children report lower romantic love, intimacy, and passion

A **cross-cultural study involving participants from 25 countries found that participants who have children tend to report lower levels of romantic love, intimacy, and passion toward their partners compared to individuals without children**. This association depended on whether the couple had children, but not on the number of children. The paper was published in Human Nature.

Results showed that having children—but not the specific number of children—was negatively associated with various aspects of romantic love. More precisely, participants who reported having children tended to report lower overall romantic love, intimacy, and passion toward their partners compared to their peers who did not have children. However, the study found no significant relationship between parenthood and commitment, suggesting that the decision to maintain the relationship remains stable even if passion and intimacy decline.

Couples who have any kind of intimacy at all after having children should count themselves lucky.

Kids don’t kill romance. Exhaustion does. Most couples aren’t less in love, they’re just running on no sleep, no time, and no help. Fix the support system, not the relationship.