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July
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I used to see other peoples kids and thought they were largely a waste of my time and attention (before I had kids). Now after having had kids, when I see other kids, my friends kids, my extended family's kids, kids I don't know even know -- and I think about how much time I've dedicated to spending time with my kids and yeah, and how they are kids too -- and it is safe to say that it has really changed my perspective drastically, 180. I care so much more for them because I know what it took, at least for me. And even if that's not the case for them I give them the benefit of the doubt and feel more responsible. In a way, I feel more responsible for the human race after having had kids
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July
@july
I feel sort of an obligation (?) not in a bad way, just a sense of pride that humans are all kids, and that we care, and that there is love in the world, and people still do care about things, I see mothers getting angry or grandmothers giving candy behind their parents back, I see people consoling kids when they are crying, carrying babies around because they are incapable of walking and navigating themselves, there really is this sense of act of service in the universe for each other and honestly I find that beautiful and I don't take it lightly
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July
@july
Also separately, I think there is a version of this kid in all of us, a little girl, or a little boy, or somewhere in between or something different sure whatever you want to call it, generally speaking this kid in us -- I think as adults we forget that all of us have this in each other and I think in a lot of ways, a lot of conflicts would be reduced if we had the space and time to remember that before resorting to immediately reacting and violence both physical or mental, but you know life is a lot more complicated than that, and that's ok too I accept that
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Cassie Heart
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I don't have children yet, but I really ran headfirst into the same internalization of this fact after a string of near death experiences. I realized how short life can be, how short mine almost was, and how I shouldn't take the bonus round in life I got for granted, to make the younger version of me proud, and to do what I can to make the future better for all of us.
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