How does the mother defend her child to the old duck

you act stronger and lift up your jacked and howl and bark

The answer is a) Validate emotions.

Explanation:

Validation is the recognition and acceptance of another person's thoughts,feelings, sensations, and behaviors as understandable. Here the speaker acknowledges the counterparts emotions and at the same time understands the counterparts postion.  As long as one shows the other person that one recognizes and accepts their emotions, one is validating: