Parents is a very broad topic. When you say parents, your first thought is your personal mother and father. Of course that is an area of this subject, but it expands far beyond this. To be a parent is to be not only a creator, but a leader, and guide and a support figure. For example, Apple make computers, therefore they are the computers parent. They guide it through its life with updates and patches to keep it safe and secure. When others throughout the world try to influence it with viruses, trojans and other harmful information, they update the computer to put it right, just as a mother or a father would try their best to correct a misguided child.
As a creator, you are a parent. Your creations - be they physical like architecture, or digital like a logo - are reliant on you to guide them through the world, and put them to good use. You may also be further responsible for these pieces in the future. You are also responsible for your actions in life. Anything you do can reflect you in different ways, and earn yourself a reputation. You are the parent of that reputation.
There are many iconic figures in the world, past and present. They are known for some of the greatest discoveries and enlightenments in history. For example, you might say that Martin Luther King is the parent of black freedom. Sir Isaac Newton is the parent of gravity. Michael Jackson is the parent, or as he was commonly known as the king of pop.
Equally as there are parents of good, there are also parents of world changing events which weren't so favoured by the rest of the world. Some might say that the East is the parent of communism. Living in the western world, communism isn't favoured. With disagreement sometimes comes war, and with war, there is a good chance that there will come death. An executioner could be called the parent of death. This is a very interesting one as being a parent usually springs the idea of new life, and with death usually comes the end of a life.
Arguably the biggest parent of all is nature. According to science, it alone is the creator of the core elements of everything we know of and see today, including life. Humanity would then be like the strange cousin of the world, by taking the things which nature provided and actually making something with them. I guess nature is the parent of humanity, and humanity is the parent of technology.
As opposed to scientific views, there's religion. If you're a religious person, then supposedly your creator or parent is your higher power, or your God, and your guide through life is your holy book.
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