<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:news="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-news/0.9"><url><loc>https://thelonggoodbye.net/p/why-having-a-child-made-me-feel-better</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>The Long Goodbye | Stories and Essays by Adam Fletcher </news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-07-24T07:18:11+00:00</news:publication_date><news:title>Why Having a Child Made Me Feel Better About Myself — But Worse About Everyone Else</news:title></news:news></url></urlset>