This was the approach that I took, kind of. I was too young to really understand what I was doing though, and any guesses about what someone will be like as a

This was the approach that I took, kind of. I was too young to really understand what I was doing though, and any guesses about what someone will be like as a parent are probably just guesses, no matter how well you know them. Mostly I just tell people I got lucky. Not to discount your approach, I think it's a great criteria.