From the author: The article is posted on the website: One day, while walking in the park, I witnessed such an interesting scene (I couldn’t resist and recorded a short video - watch here). In the lake, not far from the shore, there is a nest in which sits a small, interesting black bird - a sort of brunette with a red beak. Unfortunately, I don’t know the name of the species, but its appearance is quite attractive. It looks like some kind of dwarf duck, since they swim quite quickly. I admired it and probably would have moved on if my attention had not been attracted by another similar bird that was fussing around this nest, periodically leaving and then returning again. I became interested and began to observe. After a while, I realized what was happening there. The bird that was sitting in the nest was, in all likelihood, the “wife”. She could not leave because she was protecting the little chick. In all likelihood, he was still very “young”, so he did not know how to swim on his own. At that time, the “father of the family” deftly and quickly obtained food and returned, carrying the prey in his beak. He so skillfully collected some insects, crumbs and everything that he considered edible on the surface of the water, that this spectacle involuntarily aroused my admiration and respect! He with dignity gave his catch from beak to beak to his wife, and she carefully fed the baby. This is how a simple episode from the life of simple birds is able to convey the whole wise plan of nature. A woman’s task is to protect the hearth and take care of the offspring until they become independent and will fly out of the nest, while not forgetting to take care of itself. A man’s task is to provide his family with everything necessary for survival, protecting and obtaining all the best! You can say: “Well, of course, in nature everything is much simpler - you built a nest and catch the bugs!" But man is also a child of nature, and the best version, and that means he has much more ability to perform his natural tasks (let’s keep silent about the absurdity of comparing the brain sizes of a human and a duck, as well as the presence of such a component as consciousness!) Lesson for Women Here women can rebel: “Well, if a duck “understands” that he needs to feed and provide for his family, then why don’t many men do this? You can’t get it from them, everything needs to be explained and pushed to him! Why doesn’t he understand himself? ?" etc. etc. And there is some truth in such indignation, but only some. Before you judge men, dear ladies, take a look at yourself first (by the way, this is always the first step towards any positive changes). Are you the kind of woman you want to take care of? What message is coming from you to men in general and to your man in particular? How do you behave towards him? How do you respond to him, especially in front of other people? How do you feel about him and how do you show it? How do you address him? How do you finally greet him when he returns home? - Why? - Yes then!!! To gradually change the situation for the better and stimulate a man to take more active action, start showing more sincere attention and affection towards your man. These are external changes, at the level of behavior, and if you want, it is quite possible to implement them. And the results will be quite fast. Many women may say: “Yes, all this is useless! I’ve tried it a thousand times, but until I do it myself, you won’t get it from him!” And then we need internal changes. And here the main quality that you need to develop in yourself is Trust in your man (and trust in men in general). After all, if you trust him that he can produce, can provide, can feed his family, if you believe that it cannot be otherwise, only then a man will be able to demonstrate these abilities inherent in him by Nature itself, by Life itself. You don’t oblige him, but you believe him! Inside herself. This is how this duck sits in her nest, cleans her feathers, feeds her baby and does not instruct her “man” in which direction to swim and