“The gendered expectations of parenting were dissolving, but even though women could be found working in creches now, there was still an enormous difference between the person who produced an egg and the person who cared for the little being that crawled out of it.” ChildrenBirthParentingMotherhoodParents Book:The Galaxy, and the Ground Within Source: The Galaxy, and the Ground Within
“You’ve got to get university certification for parenting, just as you do for, say being a doctor or an engineer. No offence to you or your species, but going into the business of creating life without any sort of formal prep is…’ He laughed. ‘It’s baffling. But then, I’m biased.” SpaceParentingAlienAllianceInterspeciesAeluon Author:Becky Chambers