Alison Gopnik talks about two very different philosophies of parenting in her book 'The Gardener and the Carpenter.'
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/05/28/614386847/what-kind-of-parent-are-you-carpenter-or-gardener
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