but do you feel you are more reflective now that you are a parent?

Definitely, but I was pretty reflective before. What has been highlighted and enhanced is that I probably have more fears about the future, because I feel that I can handle myself, but I now have to help someone else handle it too. It is a challenge.

So many parents take the "it will all work out" path, which I think is driven by their own desire for their own desires to be met. A lot of the young now are suffering because of it.