The question
What would you most want to leave your children?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Verbatim recurring item in The Guardian Q&A; two publisher-hosted respondent pages establish institutional recurrence.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Resilience, courage and kindness, as compassionate points to follow.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 January 2026 source ↗
I’d like them to inherit my optimism.
A sense of what really matters.
A sense of wonder.
A strong work ethic and enough wealth not to need it.
Where do I begin? There have been a lot.
He knew where life was to be found.
My failures have taught me more than the successes, so not much.
A soldier and adventure guy.
It’s all a gift. So be grateful for every day.
Holding the hand of some random lady at an airport who I mistook for my wife, Shara.
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