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Moral Landscapes (Psychology Today blog)

• How We Succumb to Totalist Organizations
  Are you wondering how some people can be suckered into a cult? It's rather easy, unless you know what to watch for.
• Stop the Presses! Parenting Can Be Fun
  Can parenting of young children be fun? Yes, if you understand their immature brain functions, avoid getting triggered yourself, and use playful imagination to meet their needs.
• What Children Need Most
  Critical in the life of a baby is ongoing biobehavioral synchrony with parents: coordination of heart rhythms, autonomic function, brain oscillations, and hormone release.
• How Has Humanity Lost Practical Wisdom?
  Over 99% of human history was spent in nomadic foraging communities that typically exhibit practical wisdom. What happened to us?
• Why Is Play Good for Young Children?
  Our just published study provides more evidence for the importance of play on healthy development.
• Manage Your Four Characters: Judgy, Anxious, Friendly, Open
  Understanding how our mind shifts into different characters helps us learn to manage them.
• Intelligence Is Thwarted When We Are Distressed
  Triggers and triggering are a concern in trauma-informed practices. There are multiple ways to explain the process of triggering.
• Trauma-Informed Healing for All of Us
  People who don't heal their trauma pass it on to others--children, family, community, culture.
• Breast Milk Is Medicine for Babies
  If you think a child's development in the long term is not affected by lack of breast milk, read this.
• The Amazing Adolescent Brain: Appreciate and Nurture It
  Adolescence is a time for learning skills like self testing, deeply connecting with others, and forging one's own path. Here are guideposts from a clinical psychiatrist.
• Are You a Connected or Controlling Parent?
  Busy parents who take the time to connect with their children save a lot of time in the end.