By Jennifer L. Verdolin,Marc Bekoff
each species can shock us: Chimps have a knack for minimizing mood tantrums, and owl chicks have a notable present for sharing. A prairie vole is aware precisely whilst his stressed-out accomplice wishes a therapeutic massage. And a person who considers reptiles “cold-blooded” may still reflect on the caecilian, a snakelike animal from Kenya: After laying eggs, the mummy grows a fatty layer of epidermis, which her infants consume after hatching (not one of the book’s many classes from the wild to be attempted at home!).
alongside the way in which Verdolin demanding situations our frequently counterproductive ideals approximately what households needs to be like and the way we must always believe. by way of discovering universal flooring with our bushy, feathered, or even slimy cousins, we will be able to achieve new perception on what “natural” parenting rather means—and maybe do a greater task of forgiving ourselves for these days while we’re “only human”!
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