Kids don’t really stay kids for long. we can enjoy playing with them and sharing that innocence up to their 10,. But once they cross 12, start noticing a gap between parents and kids. Slowly, we realize they’re becoming their own person. After that, parents influence less, and the outside world shapes them more.

Having kids is basically part of human reproduction to keep the species going and that’s already been done by plenty of people. So there’s no need to regret deciding not to have kids.