Kids are the most important thing.

[Ali Smith]

Salut !

Someone showed me a picture of his kids. He was obviously very proud of them. I wanted to say "Kids are the most important thing." What would be the idiomatic way of saying this?

My guess: Le principal est les enfants.

I don't think "Le principal est des enfants." would work, because French requires the definite article in such circumstances.

Merci !

 

[hersko1]

You could have said "Le principal, c'est les enfants".
But I would rather say:
- Les enfants, c'est ce qu'il y a de plus important,
- Rien n'est plus important que les enfants,
- Les enfants, c'est ce qui compte le plus

 

[tartopom]

Y'a pas plus important que les enfants.