One thing that can happen when you have children is that your perspective widens and you see that you are just one part of something that is immensely bigger. This can be freeing, as it takes focus of oneself and puts one’s own problems in perspective.
There often is a significant part of our suffering that is not caused by the outside but by how we relate to it. Children teach you that very quickly.
To answer your question, some people may yearn for being able to care for someone, to feel love. Of course there are other ways to get there, but maybe not all these waya are visible at all times. Of course there are other reasons too.
As someone else suggested, look into philosophy and perhaps Buddhism. The latter focuses a lot on suffering, where it comes from and how to get over it.
One thing that can happen when you have children is that your perspective widens and you see that you are just one part of something that is immensely bigger. This can be freeing, as it takes focus of oneself and puts one’s own problems in perspective.
There often is a significant part of our suffering that is not caused by the outside but by how we relate to it. Children teach you that very quickly.
To answer your question, some people may yearn for being able to care for someone, to feel love. Of course there are other ways to get there, but maybe not all these waya are visible at all times. Of course there are other reasons too.
As someone else suggested, look into philosophy and perhaps Buddhism. The latter focuses a lot on suffering, where it comes from and how to get over it.