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In response to LeCastor: It is just not possible to put into words what the rewards are of having children. It has to do with a fierce and unconditional love and a feeling of family and things like that. I will try to illuminate by telling a story:
A few months ago, my 7-year-old daughter and I were finishing paying for some groceries when a man walked up to his girlfriend, who worked there, and shot her in the head. Fearing that he might start shooting randomly (he didn't, thank God), I grabbed my daughter and ran to the closest hiding place, which was the produce store area, behind those ubiquitous swinging doors. Without stopping to think, I put her in a corner so that I could throw myself over her if the gunman entered.
Sounds dramatic but it's true. If you want to have that kind of feeling, that kind of love, toward another person, then parenthood is for you.
