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@july Or maybe because when you remember how much a person or people labored over someone to raise them — how much work it took to keep them alive — it makes you want to be more careful with them? They have more value(?) in that sense?

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

creating and destroying; built flying cars & autonomous vehicles, now building /faust, more here: /july, web: july.rocks

I read some research years ago that talked about the value of five non-parent adults regularly present in a kid’s life. It’s huge; as my kids get older, it’s even more clear. 

Looking back, in certain ways, I’ve probably been shaped as much by other parents almost as much as my own. Coaches, volunteers, youth group leaders, neighbors…

It goes against my bent (I’d rather not be noticed at all), but I want to try to be that for any kid I meet.