What is the best way to parent a child in their first few years? Clear boundaries, with consequences for transgressions? Or smother them with love and teddy bears, and let them do what they want? Should parents be less protective, or more? Should a parent’s life revolve around their kids, or should the kids fit into their parents’ world?

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