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What is the most rewarding part of being a parent?

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Vogue, to one guest at a time, on camera, 73 Questions

Vogue asked close variants of Jennifer Lopez, Alicia Keys, and Nicki Minaj between 2020 and 2023; the same prompt recurs independently in parenting interviews.

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Henry R. Kravis Financier; co-founder of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
There is nothing more important to me than my children and focusing on them. It’s the quality of time with my children, not the quantity of time that I’ve found to be important.
Recorded Academy of Achievement, 12 February 1991 source ↗
Scott Simon Host of NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday
My greatest joy as a father is to see our children growing up and growing independent, and becoming brilliant ... But also every now and then needing me for something and remembering where I can fit into the world. And one of the great joys you realize is that you need them ... You work for their smile. You work for their joy.
Recorded Geoff Bennett, PBS NewsHour, Father’s Day interview, 19 June 2022 source ↗
Frances Arnold Chemical engineer; Nobel laureate in Chemistry, 2018
He says that he has the job of his dreams, which is the greatest joy that I can feel, is to have my child say he has the job of his dreams.
Recorded Academy of Achievement interview, Pasadena, California, 18 January 2019 source ↗
Abby Wambach United States international footballer, 2001–2015
Parenting is the wildest adventure and vocation that can happen to a person. Every day is different and there is no static. So, you have to kind of surrender to the process, which is a hard thing to do for somebody like me who prefers to have order in my life.
Recorded Debra Wallace, Parade interview, 27 September 2019 source ↗

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