After having your first child, it's a massive shock to the system. I work in an industry where people judge you and the way you look, and you always want to put your best foot forward when you can.
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The moment you have a child, in an instant your life is not for you, and your life is completely, 100 percent dedicated to another human being, and they will always come first. It changes you forever. It changes your perspective, and it gives you a nice purpose and focus.
Before you have children, you mostly think about the world in terms of yourself. And when you become a parent, the focus shifts to somebody else.
The great thing about having a child is that it keeps you very grounded. When I decided to have my daughter I was ready to have that responsibility and I made it clear to people that I work with that my job was no longer my priority. My daughter is now my priority. She comes first. Period.
When you work and earn money as a child, you need to be confident, but it can make you a bit precocious, and I think I was a bit of a pain for a while when I was young.
Having a child on the way changes your perspective. You want to do things that will make them proud of you.
I have a child and I'm a parent first of all.
I'm aware that given what I've done in the past - and having a well-known parent - that people will be very quick to judge my path more than others, but I have to just not care.
Once you have a child, you change so much along the way, you don't even recognize yourself by the time they're ready to move out!
To be a successful father... there's one absolute rule: when you have a kid, don't look at it for the first two years.
Having children is life-changing, to state the obvious. It's a gigantic shift in your life and I welcomed it.
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