I have that book, if its the Ciruelo one you mean... Well from that, it says that once the female lays the egg, the male looks after it, keeping watch over the egg, and once hacthed, brings food to the young dragon but eventually leaves it alone, the dragon spends about 20 years wandering on untill it either finds a permanent home or is taken into tutelage by an older dragon and taught in the ways of magic and wisdom.
But, thats just one idea. If we were to discuss the whole bringing up thing we would have to go back to the basic question: Do you believe that dragons were very intelligent? I say yes, and that they can talk, and if this was the case then, yes, they would look after their young from the egg and probably let the dragon do what it likes once old enough and capable of hunting talking and wise enough to survive. They would probably have a proper bond and the young dragon may stay with its parents for a long time, becuase if they are as intelligent as us, just think about how we are brought up, it would be something similar to our upbringing.
As for which parent looks after the egg, well, staying with the theory that they are as intelligent as us, I would say that they both would, teaching the dragon to hunt and other things.
If we were looking at dragons as not as intelligent as us and more animal like, then perhaps one parent would look after the eggs (Usualy more than one I would think), untill they hacth, maybe look after them untill they are efficient at hunting then would leave them or drive them away, (Like Eagels), then its up to themselves to survive.
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