Family is the most important thing we have. Especially our immediate family, the people you live with and are closest to. The unconditional support. Wife, parents, siblings... grandparents.

I don't know if the world is a horrible place, but we humans make it one. Being a pessimist by nature, I tend to believe that whatever good we can do hardly compensates for the harm others do. I don't think Mother Teresa of Calcutta makes up for Hitler, for crying out loud. We should be constantly apologizing to our children.

Giant, you have a giant heart / favorite creature / solar revolution / Giant, you have a giant heart / you make life tremble / small nuclear bomb. After six albums, Xiulaland, is a return to the origins, to the reason that made us meet, to the reasons why we do everything we do.

For men, the process of becoming fathers is a profound transformation, fraught with opportunities. Recent studies show that fathers who maintain close and prolonged contact with their babies experience increases in hormones linked to care and bonding, such as oxytocin and prolactin. They also show brain transformations.

When you look at it from a more focused perspective, feeling guilty as a parent isn't as bad as it may seem. It means reflecting on what you do and don't do, and evaluating your actions and inactions. I highly doubt that people who don't feel guilty about parenthood are perfect parents; they simply don't engage in this self-assessment exercise. Out of a sense of self-worth or survival, I don't know.