Agree 100% Having children changed my whole worldview. I was just telling my neighbor a shark story that happened a few years ago. I was at the beach with my kids and a group of friends and their kids. One of the moms in our group jumped up and ran toward the shore. I followed and saw a huge black shape moving slowly along the shore line about 25 ft out and stopping in front of the kids. The kids were about 35 feet out bobbing up and down in a group. We could not make out what the shape was so I whistled to the kids to stay put so they would not swim toward it. In that moment I prepared myself that if it was a shark I was going in. I am scared to death of sharks but there was no way my child or any other child would be the bait. By that time all the mothers were at the shore line and I think we would have had to fight over who was going to fight the shark LOL!! Turns out it was a huge manatee cruising down the shore but it illustrates what parents would do for their kids.
Although, I am male, and I might have yelled out to the kids that they were close enough to the same that one of them was a spare (mine were 14 months apart). But I'm just that way.
I tend to have "Goes where angels fear to tread" syndrome. I've waded into more dogfights and serious problems than any completely rational person would.
I blame that on having kids. And being human.
It has made me run a tighter OODA loop.
/johnny