We didn’t used to need an explanation for having kids. That was just life. That’s just what you did. But now we do, because now we don’t.

So allow me: Having kids means making the most interesting people in the world. Not because toddlers or even teenagers are intellectual oracles — although life through their eyes is often surprising and occasionally even profound — but because your children will become the most interesting people to you.

That’s the important part. To you.

There are no humans on earth I’m as interested in as my children. Their maturation and growth are the greatest show on the planet. And having a front-seat ticket to this performance is literally the privilege of a lifetime.

But giving a review of this incredible show just doesn’t work. I could never convince a stranger that my children are the most interesting people in the world, because they wouldn’t be, to them.

So words don’t work. It’s a leap of faith. All I can really say is this: Trust me, bro.