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To be a different kind of parent, you don't just need a different parenting philosophy. You need a very different view of what a child actually is.

Pamela Druckerman (2014). “Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting (now with Bébé Day by Day: 100 Keys to French Parenting)”, p.22, Penguin
To be a different kind of parent, you don't just need a different parenting philosophy. You need a very different view of what a child actually is.