Want to be a better parent? Think like a mapmaker

If they are thinking more specifically, parents may have other goals: to raise children to be happy, to be thoughtful, to be kind; to value education or family; and to live fruitful lives. Parents teach everything from how to hold a fork, to the habit of saying "thank you, to ways to understand people and the larger world. [...]even if it is not what they most look forward to, the majority of parents would name "discipline as a central model for what they are doing as parents-and for some, this would top the list. To see the model fully, imagine a parent seated at a desk, a large sheet of paper in front of them, and a child (or children) seated on their lap.