I'm not a parent, not already. But, I had an opportunity to bring up my niece. Now she is 8 and many of her past habits/activities either gone or slowly diminishing forever. I, being her favourite 'Ma-Ma' as she is my sister's daughter, she doesn't seem to have changed a lot, not to me. So, no loses. She still complains about everyone to me as she has been ever since. You'd be surprised, very recently she asked me to buy her a Lambo (toy) because her mom (my sister) just denied her by saying that she shouldn't ask for these things, she is now grown up. I told her not to be sad and promised her to buy a real Lambo when she can really drive one. As soon as I promised, her kiddish talkative self was arisen.

"Mama, you know why I want Lambo. It's the best car. It's the most speedy one. It runs at 3000 miles an hour. Doors don't open sideways. But I want the 1970 model of Lambo. Google it, I want to show you which one I want."

After half an hour of discussion or filtering out, she finalised a 'huracan' of green color.

Maybe after another 5 or 10 years, she won't remember all of this. But how can I not?