If there would be just one reason (and there are loads more, of course!) for us to do a conscious and persistent effort to improve our lives, characters, and overall awareness about ourselves, others, and life in general, it would, definitely, be parenting.

We've all been told a thousand times, over and over again, that parenting is the most important, though difficult, job in the whole world; there are no promotions, no career progression, no swapping roles or companies, no retirement and, of course, no holidays, annual leave or even weekends.