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Nature is impressive, and sometimes, I wonder how humans and animals parent similarly.
Quite often, I observe mother ducks in the parks. And no matter which park I am in, mother duck does the same thing. She has a good attitude focusing on what she does — empowering and protecting herself and her ducklings.
Mother duck pays attention to what she does and cares less about humans, pigeons, or lizards.
Parenting humans:
As a former parent, parenting is the most challenging job, sometimes with little or no reward. And this trade can make or destroy us, our families, our community, or society.
Research shows our early childhood experience shapes who we are, what we do, and what our family looks like. Our early childhood can influence how many wars we have in our backyard or how hate flourishes among us.
Most of our children believe in us first; sometimes, we are their God during their formative years.
