What principles determine the life of a family today? What to do with individualism? As a parent, how can the desire to control be resolved in a healthy way? What should be done with the inner child as such, especially if my own child constantly provokes it with his own little behavior and obsessions? Juul's book can also be read as a self-knowledge and parenting-self-knowledge book, as it unravels and dissects the historical perspectives. It promotes the importance of a loving relationship between family members, but also consistency and responsibility, as well as maintaining personal boundaries (authority).