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Early Partnership Childhood Care: What Should Centers Provide?
The Evolved Nest provides guidance for evaluation.
With the pandemic and white-collar employees working from home, there are increasing calls for…
What Does “Spoiling” a Baby Mean? Can it be Done?
I hear regularly from parents who are conflicted by the advice they get from family members to let babies cry, that parents should ignore their instincts to…
Consuming Sugary Beverages While Breastfeeding Affects Cognitive…
October 6, 2020 –– Children's Hospital Los Angeles study shows that juice and drinks with added sugar can affect a child's cognitive development
A diet…
Raffi’s New Song: Black Lives Matter To Me
A message from Raffi: “We have a historic opportunity to heal the wounds of racism and injustice. In support of the Black Lives Matter movement, I wrote this…
Rock-a-bye Baby Documentary: The Harlow Monkey Experiment
Trigger Warning: The graphic documentary discusses infant development and the techniques psychologists use to evaluate world-wide maternal practices. Examines…
Brain-Based Parenting: A Podcast Book Review
The Evolved Nest · Brain - Based Parenting: A Book Review
Darcia Narvaez and Mary Tarsha review Brain-Based Parenting: The Neuroscience of…
If Machines Replace Teachers
It is being proposed that technology, artificial intelligence, more properly ‘machine learning’, can and will soon replace human teachers and physical…
Why It’s Hard To Trust Children
Check out Teresa Graham Brett's Parent Liberation Program, an online, self-paced study based on her Parenting for Social Change book, exclusively here on…
Once Upon A Terrible, Terrible Time…
“...stories taught me many things: that I didn’t have to be ashamed when I was afraid, that I could learn to be brave, that there were times for sorrow and…
Multiple Studies Show Autism Rates Surging Worldwide
Researchers Still Stumped
Three large epidemiological studies released this spring show a continuing trend, autism rates are increasing, not just in the…