# Time Travel Parent Poll **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 27, 2015, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-parent-poll/735837 "2015-10-27T02:21:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Incref](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@Incref](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incref)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-parent-poll/735837/1 "2015-10-27T02:21:32Z")
Let’s say that either way your children will exist (just as someone else’s kids) and you are transported back to the time before you had them, would you have children again? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-parent-poll/735837/2 "2015-10-27T02:40:16Z")
No. I had children, they’re grown now. If I have still have my memories after being transported back in time then I don’t want to do it again. If I don’t have my memories and I’m simply told that I already had children in the future then I’d think you were insane. If my children were young my answer might be different. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-parent-poll/735837/3 "2015-10-27T02:46:49Z")
Yes, mostly because it’s the only way (or the easiest way) to get grandchildren. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-parent-poll/735837/4 "2015-10-27T18:07:54Z")
I don’t see any reason to change those decisions. Child rearing is not easy, but it was well worth it to my wife and I. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-parent-poll/735837/5 "2015-10-27T19:22:46Z")
My only fear would be that I might not get as lucky next time. ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-parent-poll/735837/6 "2015-10-27T19:42:24Z")
Well he’s only 2, so hell yeah. I miss him being a little baby, sitting on my lap, holding my hand. I might change my mind when he’s a teenager and telling me to go f myself. Actually, probably not, it would still be worth reliving this time with him. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-parent-poll/735837/7 "2015-10-28T02:41:13Z")
Raising two kids was the hardest thing I’ve had to adjust to in my adult life. When they were babies/toddlers, the amount of energy and attention they took was so exhausting. And even now, in their teens, they’re more autonomous yet still they require a ton of attention and nurturing. But now that I know them, I can’t imagine my life without these awesome people with whom I’ll never be as emotionally intimate with a million times more than anyone else on this planet. I’m excited to see what they’ll become in the next phase of their lives.