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July
@july
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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Luigi Stranieri
@luigistranieri
I really appreciate your words and the fact that you accepted your condition as a parent so naturally. I became a parent very early, I was only 24, and I remember that period as if I were unaware of the act of bringing a child into the world and then having to take care of it. I was lucky enough to have a wife who was much more responsible than me, but I remember perfectly feeling deprived of a part of my life. Today, when I have three children, and they are all grown up, I understand better how important it is to keep that pinch of childhood inside us that gives us the opportunity to love children for what they are, and to love them unconditionally precisely because they are defenseless in the face of the ugliness of the adult world. I don't want to useless rhetoric, but I think that our beautiful words today sound so out of place in the face of events that we witness helplessly because of human perversion. We can’t be like this. There must be another way to live in peace.
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