4 takeaways for Christian parents from David Attenborough’s new BBC animal documentary: Parenthood

Gareth Crispin explores how the latest offering from the BBC provides lots of opportunities for Christian parents to reflect on parenthood

Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise (Proverbs 6:6)

With these words the writer of Proverbs shows that we have much to learn from the animal kingdom. That’s why perhaps the BBCs latest animal documentary, Parenthood, is so popular; it’s not merely another amazing nature documentary by David Attenborough it also invites us to consider our own relationships, in this case our parenting.

The first episode is The Greatest Adventure and whether we find it difficult or not it’s hard to disagree that ……