What's the point in having children?

[SvennoJ]

Kids can drive you crazy, cost you a ton of sleep, make you worry all the time, cost a lot of money to raise and eat up most of your free time.

Kids make you a better person, give you feelings of pride, joy and being loved. They give you a sense of purpose, a better understanding of life, yourself and your parents. They remind you of all the good things of your own childhood. Kids keep you feeling young and you get to do many things that people would consider you a creep for when done without your kids... Things you did not expect to enjoy anymore.

I love taking them out on sleigh rides, building sand castles together, dams in river streams, playing on the beach, play soccer with them in the park or grounders on the climbers. Teaching them how to ride a bicycle or roller skates is priceless. Watching them smile is the best thing in the world.

Kids are an investment in your future. Not that they will take care of you, it's the memories you build that will sustain your happiness for the rest of your life.