I see a lot of commentary, especially on Lemmy and Reddit, about how awful children are and how wonderful adulthood without kids is. And if you don’t want them, more power to you.
On the other hand, many people are parents and love having children! I want to hear some of the positive stories. What about being a parent makes your life better? What’s your favorite thing about your kids?


Kids are hilarious and they will laugh at all sorts of nonsense. The kind of laughter we rarely let ourselves experience as adults, just uncontrollable, belly hurts, don’t even know why you’re laughing so hard. I like when my kid gets kind of delirious at bed time cause he’s so tired. He forgot how to say “idea” the other day and just pronounced it in weird ways for 5 minutes and cracked himself up the whole time. They remind you what it was like being a kid and how hopeful and exciting it is. They are brutally honest. It’s reminded me of a lot of the foundational things that make life worth living that we often slowly shed as life gets full of responsibilities and whatnot. But the great thing is, you can choose to be silly whenever you want. Even at my big age. I like the daily reminder. Oh and also it’s a pain in the ass to raise them lol, but ya know, worth it.