Is There a Parental Relationship Between Puddleglum and the Children?

Do you think there's anything to be said for a pseudo parental relationship between pluck puddle glum and the children? There doesn't seem to be many parental relations sis within the nania stories. I mean, i mean, there are points in which he almost seems to act in a parental role. And so actually it's almost as if lewis is teasing out this really important point - that the christian faith is not just about telling us the way the world is. It's about tuning into something really deep within us in terms of our intuitions or desires.