This document discusses adult-child relationships and parenting philosophies. It examines common biases and cultural norms around how adults interact with and parent children. It outlines different parenting styles such as authoritarian, authoritative, permissive and uninvolved. It also discusses parenting philosophies like traditionalist, maximizing options, and present-oriented. The document suggests new approaches to adult-child relationships based on democratic, influential and present-oriented interactions with mutual respect and communication. It stresses grounding parenting in meeting children's developmental needs such as variety, predictability, caretaking and opportunities to learn skills.