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.
The wisdom to become who they are in the truth of their spirit.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 July 2026 source ↗
Ever since they were born, Vic and I have been clear: happiness and confidence are the two things we want most for our children and the rest can all fall into place.
A sense of optimism.
Good memories. When I’m gone, I want them to feel that they were always my No 1 priority.
Queremos crear un ambiente familiar en donde no todo sea fácil, en donde no todo les caiga del cielo, sino que puedan construir su propio camino y tengan ese sentido de desesperación y esa hambre. Eso significa también que todo ese dinero no se les va a dejar a ellos. Se les dará muchísimo amor, como les damos, y muchas oportunidades de educación y de desarrollo, pero todo ese dinero no es para ellos.
Worrying at things.
On a train journey to Arcadia many years ago while making a TV documentary.
Evolve or perish.
“You don’t stand a chance of succeeding as a writer in this country. The demographics are against you.” They were wrong. The only demographic that counts is the human heart.
Composer, pirate, scientist, philosopher.
Looking after the flowerbed on my windowsill.
David Vélez, Adam Clayton, Warren Buffett, Rebecca Lucy Taylor, Mariella Frostrup, Clare Bailey Mosley
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