I have a 10-month-old son, and I also didn't get kids at all until he was born (and honestly, it was until he was about 4 or 5 months old until I really got it)

I have a 10-month-old son, and I also didn't get kids at all until he was born (and honestly, it was until he was about 4 or 5 months old until I really got it). But I think it's unfair to say having kids makes you a more complete person. Without a doubt, it makes you a different person, but I firmly believe it's possible to live an equally fulfilling life without ever having kids. Having kids essentially just drastically reorganizes your priorities, some for the better and some for the worse. I think the moral of the article that was linked to was to spend more (and hopefully most) of your time doing what makes you happy. Whether that is creating something out of your genes or out of your mind matters not.