"In an era where the Law that punishes and reprimands relentlessly is waning, the foremost duty - the highest and most difficult - of parents is to have faith in the incomprehensible secret of their child and its magic.

We must not demand that their life retrace our own steps, share our interests, or repeat our own life.

Against the ideology of dialogue and empathy, we must remember the necessity of preserving the child's secret.

This means not demanding or having the ambition of mutual understanding. It means knowing how to let the child go and always being ready to welcome their return.

After The Telemachus Complex and The Mother's Hands, "The Secret of the Child" completes a unique trilogy, moving from the figures of the father and the mother to that of the child.