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Conscious Parenting
Successful Motherhood Is a Collaboration
Human mothers raising children at home alone is a strange and recent phenomenon and contrary to optimizing child development and mothers’ flourishing.
At…
Educate Yourself About Breastfeeding’s Importance
August is Breastfeeding Month in the USA but because of its vast importance for lifelong health and wellbeing, we should pay attention to supporting…
Trickster Chaos Uncloaks Us
As Ezra Klein notes (NY Times, 080226) we are living in an age of Tricksters. Media and political figures say one thing and mean or do another. For example,…
Science-as-Wisdom Versus Science-as-Manipulation
Economist E.F. Schumacher pointed out how science shifted from a focus on wisdom to a focus on manipulation, playing a role in developing the world crises we…
Beyond the False Debate: Why the New York Times Article Misses the…
As a mother, a Living Connection Facilitator and a Nesting Ambassador, reading the New York Times article, "Did American-Style ‘Gentle Parenting’ Spoil French…
The Dominant Culture’s Two Experiments Destroying Us
Recent generations of humans in societies like the USA have inadvertently been conducting two vast experiments. The results are coming in.
The first…
Why Adults Spank Kids & the Alternatives
Key points
Too many adults misunderstand child development, leading to unrealistic expectations.
Children learn in different ways at different ages—they…
Childhood Evolved Nest Experiences: A Research Presentation
Eugene Malthouse presents his research findings on the Evolved Nest impact on adult and intergenerational wellbeing at the Shaw Center for Children and Families…
Are You Sadistic Enough to be an American?
As reports show, the sadistic treatment of immigrants, even those with papers for residency, has become pervasive across the USA. Since Trump became president,…
Sleep Training Harms Babies
In our monthly open discussion hour recently at NestedWorld.org, distress over widespread baby sleep training was expressed. Sleep training of babies is…