When you make that crossover from life to real life, when you're not treated as a child anymore but as a man, and you are no longer given the benefit of the doubt, it takes some courage to face that.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
When you understand what you see, you will no longer be children. You will know that life is pain, that each of us hangs always upon the cross of himself. And when you know that this is true of every man, woman and child on earth, you will be wiser.
It's one of those things where people tell you that when you have kids it will change your perspective on life, and you're like, 'Yea, yea,' but then you really understand it when it happens to you.
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.
There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men.
For some men, life seems to be one long attempt to escape childhood and all the fears of childhood. That's what many of us are doing.
When you have children, your perspective on the parent-child relationship alters.
When you're a kid you have this sense of wonder and wholeness and a strong sense of your own identity.
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.
'Cause when I had my child, people tried to make me feel like life was over for me, and I started to believe that.
As a kid, you get to the stage where you realise the gender barriers that exist in society and what you're supposed to do and not supposed to do.