Im often with my nephew, before he grew up a little I was always alone, its heaven and earth difference how other treat me differently when im with the kid vs alone. You know, if people presume you're a parent they respect you and talk more friendly with you, example at stores or such, when you're alone especially at older age, people see you as a creep and failure. When he was younger than 5yo everyone were abnormally friendly to us, fathers get huge halo, they prove they are capable of finding an foid and getting her pregnant and people respect that.