I don't mind being an only child; never have. I am lucky, though, that I have my friend Emily, who grew-up very close to me and so, there is someone I have shared memories with. I would miss that if I didn't have it, I think.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It's not something that's at the forefront of my mind, but I think I'd regret it if I didn't have children.
I still miss my parents every day; I adored them. And when you have no children, friends are even more important to you.
I had a very lovely childhood, and, being an only child, I'm very close to my mom and my dad.
A lot of things you see as a child remain with you... you spend a lot of your life trying to recapture the experience.
When you discover that you are going to have a child, it stirs up memories of your own childhood.
When you have a child, your previous life seems like someone else's. It's like living in a house and suddenly finding a room you didn't know was there, full of treasure and light.
I think it's nice to have children. I didn't have many, and while I don't sit around regretting it, I maybe would have liked a couple more. But it wasn't meant to be, and I didn't want it badly enough.
I never felt that my life was not complete without a child. I don't know if that, as a younger man, I'd have had full appreciation for it.
I think because I'm not a parent, my most immediate connection to childhood is my memory of my own childhood.
I don't remember my life before I had children.