Viewing a child as a “subject” enriches the idea of a parent as a “verb”—indicative of what the subject is or ought to be ...

A verb is a word used to describe an action. That’s doing something. Or, a verb can be used to describe a state. That’s feeling something. Or, a verb can be used to describe an occurrence.

The basic pattern is just to change MASU to TE. For an example, a verb meaning "to eat" is TABEMASU. Its TE-form is TABETE. So, TABETE KUDASAI means "Please eat." "To look at" is MIMASU.