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Unsettling Coloniality in the Psychological Sciences by Restoring Our…
Abstract
Psychology is the go-to social science for helping mitigate imbalanced mental capacity and behavior. This article shows how it is also one of the…
Why Do Adults Spank Kids and What Are the Alternatives?
Understanding how children of different ages learn helps avoid impulse to punish
KEY POINTS
Too many adults misunderstand child development,…
Restoring Our Kinship Worldview: Indigenous Voices Introduce 28 Precepts…
Four Arrows and Darcia Narvaez take each brief quote as the seed for a conversation regarding one or another element of the kincentric worldview—a…
A Path Away From War: The Science Of Peace Systems
About the film: A brief overview of how peace systems from different parts of the world successfully prevent war and facilitate unity and cooperation among…
Misunderstanding Human Nature and Its Development
What does it mean to be human? Correcting (narrow) Evolutionary Psychology.
KEY POINTS
Narrow Evolutionary Psychology theory misfocuses our…
Parenting by Experiment or Evolved Nest Companionship?
How do parents decide what research to follow in child raising?
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Adults need to understand the nature of a baby and her needs.The problem…
Getting Back to Our “Normal” Feeling of Oneness
Feeling oceanic connectedness is part of normal human nature.
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Freud thought growing up was moving away from oneness to individual ego…
New Year’s Resolution: Stop Superkilling
Human Supremacy: The Source of All Environmental Crises?
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Ecodestruction has led to monetary wealth.Ecodestruction is thwarted in…
Decolonizing Child Raising
Child raising in the western world is off the rails.
Key points:
Colonizers planted trauma all over the world.Colonizer-European child raising…
Ending Corporal Punishment of Children: A New Report
Causing pain to children is degrading and harmful—to everyone.
KEY POINTS
Corporal punishment has long-term negative consequences for children and…