Our kids took us to places we never expected to go. As they developed interests Mrs Didge and I developed them too. Well, often. They became interested in sport so we got involved. They learned new things they wanted to share and, often, we learned from their experience.
We learned how to compromise when it was necessary and how to be rigid when it was necessary.
Kids should come with a user manual but since they don't we had to stumble along, just like everybody else. It's a learning experience for both parent and child. Most of us survive; with a little luck and a lot of commitment we're enriched by the experience.