The Case against "Parenting"

"'Parent' is not actually a verb, not a form of work, and it isn't and shouldn't be directed toward the goal of sculpting a child into a particular kind of adult (p 8) ". We recognize the difference between work and other relationships, other kinds of love. To be a wife is not to engage in 'wifing,' to be a friend is not to 'friend,' even on Facebook, and we don't 'child' our mothers and fathers."