Kids are magical motivators and when you have one you become a much more aware person of others needs. I think this helps in every aspect of life. Most of the

Kids are magical motivators and when you have one you become a much more aware person of others needs. I think this helps in every aspect of life. Most of the product shippers I know have kids, you also have to put up with less single person life troubles at work (you think hearing about people's kids is annoying...). When you have a kid the focus is immediately off yourself and on the work to make that kid smile as much as possible and have a happy life. I have also found that married programmers seem to stick around longer and are less flaky because they have to be. People that think kids are a distraction probably don't have them.