Spawn of Philbo aged 3.5 and 3 months. It's very hard work, and you need to be ready for a change of lifestyle. Things that used to be important to you overnight become impossible.

Nothing will give you the depth and breadth of emotion that parenting brings. It completely changes your outlook on life and I doubt you'll find anyone regretting it.

As the grandma said in Parenthood, "Some people like the roundabout. That just goes round and round. I want the rollercoaster".

Very perceptive, that Steve Martin.