Normalizing Nurturing: From Horse Whisperer to Parent Whisperer
The work of normalizing nurturing isn't just about changing individual families, though that would be enough.
It's about shifting our entire cultural…
The Buffering of Belonging: The Facilitation to Flocks’ Sequence
Birth Roots’ Facilitation to Flocks redemptive arc restores what clinical models leave out: relational scaffolding, peer attunement, and cohort co-regulation…
Finding Our Way: A Map for the Journey into Parenthood
And if we can teach our children this—that relationships are messy and worth it, that we can bridge two perspectives to build one path, that love is a daily…
Carrying Babies: How We Cultivate the Human Capacity to Care for All Life
"Why do some children grow up to become a Gandhi and others a Hitler? What happens from birth to adulthood that determines that difference?" - Pam Leo
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Remembering James W. Prescott, Early Childhood Development Pioneer and…
The percent likelihood of a society becoming physically violent if it is physically affectionate towards its infants and tolerant of premarital sexual…
“Superman” Was Not What I Expected
On a whim, we went to watch the new Superman movie. I had heard that Superman’s message was about empathy and kindness, a refreshing shift from the increasingly…
Martha Sears, Pioneering Advocate of Attachment Parenting, Dies at 83
Martha Vivian Sears (McMenamy)
January 24, 1945 - June 28, 2025
Martha Sears, RN, a compassionate and tireless advocate for nurturing family bonds and…
What Does the Great Awakening Look Like In Human Relationships? A…
Kindred's nonprofit partner, Local Futures, has launched The Bristol Conversations – a podcast and video series featuring Helena Norberg Hodge in deep, soulful…
The Ethics of Evil
Thomas Aquinas defined sin as the violation of human wellbeing. Erich Fromm (1973) calls such behavior irrational:
“I propose to call rational any thought,…
Why Is Authoritarianism So Easy?
It wasn’t hard to become a Nazi. From my short lifetime of experience, I pulled together unresolved bitterness, feelings of unjust treatment and social slights,…