Beyond his own thoughts on children in general or his own, Tyson stands with the side that it takes a village to raise a child and it’s nurture over nature.
He agrees that parents matter, but he doesn’t think that they’re the be all and end all. In the grand scheme of things, a teacher can end up having a bigger impact on what a child is like than their parents and vice versa. In his mind, a parental figure is more important than a parent.
After all, Jasmine is more of a maternal figure in his life than his mother was. He knows there are plenty of people in a nuclear family who would swear up and down that they were raised by their grandparents, an uncle, or family friend rather than their parents; even if they were present in their lives.
When Tyson thinks parenthood, he thinks of safe warm arms cradling; completely enveloping without fear of harm. He thinks gentle, calm voices - soothing no matter how afraid. Tyson thinks of thinks of the things he found with his brother Jethro, and later with Jasmine, rather than anything his father gave to him.
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