Scrubbyfish:
I am glad you posted. Watching a child develop into the person they are must be fascinating because unlike any other relationship you start out loving them and only discover who they are over time.
Yep! For some reason, I had assumed he would be an introvert, so originally planned to have one kid, homeschool him, yadda yadda. As he developed, I got to see who he is and was surprised!
I predict his ESFP will result in an easier, more joyful life than mine was (before this point), and I'm grateful for who and what he brings into my life via these traits (especially the E; I can send him on people missions!).
With kids, I also believe (is it just me??) that we love them so intensely partly because we witness their incredible effort at developing. We don't get to see this as explicitly in adults (exceptions are things like witnessing people recover from addiction or turn their financial life around), so this element can be absent in a lot of adult/adult relationships.