Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-26567684-20150821055736/@comment-26567684-20150906213935

Kakashi did talk to Sasuke about how revenge will not benefit him and he sympathized with Sasuke for losing his loved ones because Kakashi also lost people he loved. Sasuke was starting to reconsider the path of darkness, if the Sound Four had not showed up. Also blame Orochimaru for influencing Sasuke about the greatness of power, Tobi for telling him the truth about his clan's demise to make him ruthless and evil, and partially Itachi for leading Sasuke into a mission of vengeance. Kakashi even said he didn't understand how Sasuke could fall so deep into darkness in the Kage Summit arc. Sure Sasuke lost so much more than Kakashi, but he didn't know how to cope with it all other than plotting to kill those he blamed for his losses, and Kakashi knew the only way to cope was accept it and move on.

Sasuke felt that destroying the village and killing those close to himwould destroy the Uchiha's ties to them and ultimately purify his clan's honor and restore it. That was a critical error in his judgment, because nothing can ever erase the past. The only way to restore his clan was to have children, and he knew that from the very beginning, but he was not going to have children with someone he didn't love. He was never interested in any of the women around him (minus Sakura) and I guess its his principle to only consummate with a woman he loved (as he indirectly told Sarada that she exists because he loves Sakura). I guess Sasuke always wanted to have children in order to restore his clan, and at the end, it was his daughter who restored the clan. Sure he had a lot to learn as a father, but he has proved his love for his child by protecting her, hugging her, poking her on the forehead, and offering to make amends for his absence in most of her life. In that sense, he is a good father to her.