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In Python, we can mimic calls to the parent class using the super() function. This function allows us to invoke the method of the parent class from within a child class.

Here's an example of how we can use super() to mimic calls to the parent class:

class Parent:
    def greet(self):
        print("Hello from Parent")

class Child(Parent):
    def greet(self):
        super().greet()
        print("Hello from Child")

# Create an instance of Child and call its greet method
c = Child()
c.greet()

Here, we define two classes Parent and Child. The Child class inherits from the Parent class. The Parent class has a greet method that simply prints a greeting message. The Child class overrides the greet method and first calls the greet method of the parent class using super().greet(), and then prints its own greeting message.

When we create an instance of the Child class and call its greet method, we get the following output:

Hello from Parent
Hello from Child

So, we see that by using super() to invoke the method of the parent class, we can mimic calls to the parent class in Python.