9 scientific ways having a child influences your success

If you're looking for a straight-forward answer to the question of how having a kid will impact your success, you'll be sorry to hear that it doesn't exist.

Sure, your decision to become a parent could make your life utterly miserable and send your career careening into the abyss - then again, it could be the most fulfilling decision you've ever made and set you up to take on the world.

Simply put, it's complicated - and in many ways, too subjective - and I doubt we'll ever have a comprehensive, one-size-fits-all answer.

But hopefully these studies will begin to unpack the question a little and help us better understand the many factors at play.