I haven’t given much thought to the variety of parents, and parenting styles, that we see across science fictional movies (the question of mothers in SF television, though, I have thought about, thanks to Lisa L. Hannett’s stunning essay from our July 2024 book.) Koneru Hanmantharao’s essay provides an overview of the wide variety of parents we are shown: machines and humans caring for biological children, clones, fosterlings, found family - across the range of contexts that only science fiction can evoke. In the end, Hanmantharao’s conclusion applies to much science ficton: it’s about relationships; care is not just emotional but political; it’s about the choices we make moment by moment. As a survey, this essay raises a lot of interesting questions.