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 ↗
Good memories. When I’m gone, I want them to feel that they were always my No 1 priority.
I’d like them to inherit my optimism.
A great education.
I’ve got no kids, but I’d like us to leave a planet for everyone’s children.
Composer, pirate, scientist, philosopher.
Not being there for my daughter.
Worrying at things.
A Dalí painting.
Looking after the flowerbed on my windowsill.
Alchemy. Love. Resilience.
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