Before deciding to bring a child into this world, we had quite a number of people "advising" us ON how important it is to have kids. Some talk about how you need to be taken care of in old age, some about how important it is for "society" and some about the unconditional love that they receive from the child. Jerry Seinfeld talks in his show about how at one point, couples need nobody as their friends as they can create their own people!! Being a mother for the last 4 years, what I have learnt in parenting and the reasons why I am glad I am a parent are not in the above list. Having a child has been helping me understand myself better. My daughter seems very much like me and when I see her, I am reminded of the struggles one has in growing up, in learning and making sense of this world which by now I had taken for granted. It is almost an out of body experience for me and it has been like watching me grow up. It gives me a peek into my favorite topic of ...