The meaning of Mum & Dad

How and where do we learn to be 'parents'?

In general, a ‘person’ would grow from babyhood to childhood; to adolescence; to adulthood; to middle age; to retirement age and then - death!  (Of course, there are exceptional cases, But that's another blog altogether!)

And somewhere between adolescence and middle age; some of them have the phrase of parenthood – meaning they make ‘new’ human, whether they are ready or not!

Throughout the growing period, human is doing some kind of learning, i.e. early childhood education; schooling – primary; middle and high; college; university; vocational training etc. For some, there’re the further education; the Masters, the PhDs; the list goes on. But where’s the “learning” for parenthood?

Some people say they modelled on their parents or other parental figures; others say they learn by trails and errors!