“A Child is Father of the Man: The Forgotten Question of Who We Are”
A Child is Father of a Man: The Forgotten Question of Who We Are “A child is father of a man.” When I was a child, I read such quotes without understanding the meaning behind them. I am almost certain that most of us do the same—we see, we repeat, we move on, without ever really pausing to understand. Life drifts on autopilot. And before we truly live it, death comes to claim its share. The Fear of Fatherhood Becoming a father was one of the scariest steps of my life. I never felt ready. I doubted my strength, my ability, even my worthiness. In fact, I once wrote on this very blog about reasons not to have a child ( https://www.rahulvut.com/2025/08/time-is-not-passing-we-are.html ). Yet life had other plans. And now, after 2.5 years with my son, I can say this: the experience is profound. His questions, his little observations, his sudden words of wonder—they break the monotony of otherwise ordinary days. One day, I asked him: “Who are you?” Without hesitat...