NPR ripping on overzealous parents

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<p>Comparing to cuckoo birds.</p>

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<p>Well, it was a cute little fable.</p>

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<p>Sounds like a dumb comparison. Isn’t the cuckoo bird the one that’s so dumb that it allows other birds to lay eggs in its nest, and the cuckoo then raises those birds?</p>

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<p>I thought it was the other way around. I thought the cuckoo lays it eggs in the other birds nests, so it doesn’t have to be bothered.</p>