By nature, human beings protect those they care for with their best possible effort. Parents often portray such efforts through their enormous amount of love towards their children. This kind of love displays itself throughout the lifetimes of many, and more times than not, passes by while not receiving the appreciation it deserves. Whether it be through the death of that said parent, the separation between that parent and their child, or through the death of that parent’s child itself, their love can still be described as undying. This goes to show that no matter what circumstance a parent or child may be in, a parent’s love for their child lasts indefinitely. This common theme is explored through the poem “Before the Birth of One of Her Children” by Anne Bradstreet, short story “Teenage Wasteland” by Anne Tyler, and the poem “On His First Son” by Ben Jonson. The authors of these pieces of writing portray an everlasting love between three different parents have for their children no matter what separates them. In Anne Bradstreet’s poem “Before the Birth of One of Her Children”, the author describes how she feels towards her children and how she would feel even after death- with the utmost love and affection. As the poem takes place in the 1600’s, death during pregnancy occurred constantly. Because of this, Bradstreet explains to her husband in what may be her last words that all she wants is for her children to be protected. Bradstreet states “And if thou love thyself, or loved’st me / These o protect from step Dames injury” (23). Bradstreet means to say that if her husband were to really love her, he would protect her children from harm’s way even after death. Even in her permanent parting from the world, Bradstreet craves her children’s protection the most out of anything else she could want. Bradstreet also says in this poem “And when they loss shall be repaid with gains / Look to my little bab