The question
What would you most want to leave your children?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Verbatim recurring item in The Guardian Q&A; two publisher-hosted respondent pages establish institutional recurrence.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
A great education.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 August 2025 source ↗
A strong sense of being loved and a hopefulness for their life ahead.
As little rubbish to sort through as possible.
The wisdom to become who they are in the truth of their spirit.
Queremos crear un ambiente familiar en donde no todo sea fácil, en donde no todo les caiga del cielo, sino que puedan construir su propio camino y tengan ese sentido de desesperación y esa hambre. Eso significa también que todo ese dinero no se les va a dejar a ellos. Se les dará muchísimo amor, como les damos, y muchas oportunidades de educación y de desarrollo, pero todo ese dinero no es para ellos.
That there is time. I doggedly prioritise and pursue tasks, and the day seems to open out and everything does get done. Chill.
Insular, creative and mechanically minded.
They tend to say it behind my back.
Anything by Dostoevsky. I tried!
A criminal pathologist. Then I saw a show called Quincy ME and realised I just wanted to play one on TV.
I suspect it hasn’t happened yet.
Nina Riggs, Randy Pausch, Katie Melua, Stephen K Amos, Tony Judt, Adam Clayton
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