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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.

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.

The child inside of you knows how to take things as they come, how to deal most effectively and happily with everything and everyone it encounters on this planet. If you can recapture that childlike essence of your being, you can stay 'forever young at heart.'

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.

When you discover that you are going to have a child, it stirs up memories of your own childhood.

You know, as an only child, you're kind of in a bubble, and there are all sorts of things about my childhood that I still can't really place.

As a parent, your perspective of childhood is through the eyes of this person that you care so much about and you just want the world to be great for them. You want their life to be easy and happy.

There are certain realities we must speak of with our children that were not present when I was a child.

Life changes when you have a child, when you have your own family. You become more careful about what you do. You're not going to be out late, going out to clubs, hanging out with your friends. You're going to be at home, taking care of your daughter, playing with her.

When you become a parent, you look at your parents differently. You look at being a child differently. It's an awakening, a revelation that you have.