Raising a small child as a woman while travelling 10 months out of the year would, I believe, be something I would not be able or even want to do, although with the amazing example of Leila, I am no longer so sure.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I don't think that anyone can prepare for raising a child. I think it's one of those jobs that is far more overwhelming than you could ever expect and far more satisfying than you can ever expect.
I mean, being a child was being a child, was being a creature without power, without pocket money, without escape routes of any kind. So I didn't want to be a child.
It wouldn't be fair to drag a child round the world, touring.
People without children do have the freedom to do things that caring parents with dependent kids can't - to work long hours, to travel frequently, to relocate, and to do all these things on short notice if necessary. In return, they can achieve positions that devoted parents can't.
If I had children, I would be very selfish. I wouldn't be out doing things. But by not having kids, it makes me freer to travel the world and talk about things I feel are important.
Raising a daughter is hard work. There's no other way to describe it for me.
You become a parent when you have a baby, no matter how you get there.
Lot of things depend on the up bringing of a child.
In my ideal world, no child would suffer. Charitable instincts would prevail. There would be global acceptance of all different types of people.
To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while.