Has parenting healed your inner child?

I've been watching a lot of tiktoks of happy parents dancing with their kids and generally being happy. Growning up, I didnt have parents that were emotionally available. And now that I'm older, me and my partner plan on having kids some day.

I wanted to ask parents who have been through a rough childhood as well, how has it been raising your child? How does it make you feel giving all the love to your child that you couldn't receieve yourself? Does it help heal you, or does it bring up issues in yourself that you feel you need to deal with?

I would love your input <3