I have 4 kids. My wife and I joke that if anything happens to one that we have spares. It’s a joke but there’s truth in it.

It got me to think about parents with a single kid. Parents carry the burden to keep their kids alive to survive them and help them thrive.

I’ve noticed that my single child friends are a lot more protective…and I realized I probably would too if (for lack of a better phrase) all my eggs were in one basket. Makes sense.