The idiot, the Indian, the child, and unschooled farmer's boy, stand nearer to the light by which nature is to be read, than the dissector or the antiquary.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
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Conditional parenting:
- Focus: Behavior (what can be observed from the outside)
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