Individual choice to become a parent or not, should you have a family, I found I constantly reflected back to me at the age, how did I react, how did my parents guide me.
Relied back to my own experiences, I had great parents, for those who didn't the story would not be the same.
First and foremost is not to over protect, how will a child learn to grow if never allowed to explore the big wide world on their own to learn.
Little people will develop their own character, don't try mold them into mini-you, it's not fair to expect them to do things you never accomplished pushing them toward goals you missed.
No such thing as being a perfect parent, don't anticipate a perfect child!
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And I think that this is becoming more influential now too. People are growing up with parents who are themselves spending all their time on screens - is it a good parenting example and does it inspire that feeling of wanting kids of one's own? I don't think so.
This is definitely an important thing to consider. I reckon a lot of people expect life to be pretty easy, pretty predictable - and it is obvious that children are neither of those things. :)
Early years in life of a child go so quickly, blink and you missed it.
Spending quality time in a family unit is far more beneficial than simply giving them all they ask for, never taking time at family meals to discuss dreams or failures. Going on picnics or laying under the stars watching the night sky.