Parents who take time for themselves and don't _just_ live for their kids tend to end up happier and with better relationships with their children as they grow up.
[1] I don't have children of my own, so wtf do I know. But: My lifestyle, spending a lot of time practically living with my friends and their families, allows me to get a fairly deep insight into a large set of varied families over the last 20y.
Also have no kids myself but can support this observation with N=2 anecdata.
Couple of friends who continued to live their lives - with the kids as additional features - have ended up with kind, intelligent, thoughtful little people.
Other couple who didn't have much adventurous spirit to begin with and sacrificed everything about themselves to do "parenting" have ended up with selfish, rude little shits.
Parents who take time for themselves and don't _just_ live for their kids tend to end up happier and with better relationships with their children as they grow up.
[1] I don't have children of my own, so wtf do I know. But: My lifestyle, spending a lot of time practically living with my friends and their families, allows me to get a fairly deep insight into a large set of varied families over the last 20y.