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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…
What Is “Good Enough Mothering” of a Baby? Part 2 of 4
Insight into what good enough infant nurturing looks like.
The What Happened To Mothering?: Series
Part 1: Mother Love Used to MatterPart 2: What Is…
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…
Why Provide Empathic Care for Infants?
What does empathy look like for babies? And its absence?
I see a lot of educated people not showing empathic care towards their infants, even when at the moment…
Myths About Circumcision You Probably Believe
When the first author was pregnant with her first child, she just thought that circumcision was what you did, no big deal, and that every man was circumcised.…
Restoring Humanity’s Promise: Nestedness And Indigenous Wisdom
Narvaez and Tarsha discuss humanity's heritages of evolved nest provision, the indigenous worldview and how to return to the sustainable wisdom our…
Mother Love Used To Matter: Part 1 of 4
Warm, responsive mothering was assumed vital for infant health.
The What Happened To Mothering? Series
Part 1: Mother Love Used to MatterPart…
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…
What Do You Know About Breastfeeding?
Most people are ignorant about human breast milk’s effects.
You might think you know enough about breastfeeding and breast milk. But you probably don’t…
The Roots of Pathology: Authoritarianism Towards Babies
Societal problems start in babyhood, one comparative psychoanalyst argued.
Authoritarianism harms others (see prior post). Authoritarianism towards babies…