It strikes me as a better goal, and, dare I say, a more virtuous one, to focus on making productive kids and moral kids, and to simply hope that happiness will come to them by virtue of the good that they do and their accomplishments and the love that they feel from us.
私が目標としてより良く あえて言うなら より立派だと思うのは 生産力がある子や 道徳的な子を 一生懸命 育てて 子どもの善行や 成果や 自分に注がれていると感じる親の愛に 見合うだけの幸福が 子どもに巡ってくるよう そっと願うことでしょう