Breastfeeding Resources

Moral Landscapes (Psychology Today blog)

• Why Provide Empathic Care for Infants?
  I see a lot of people not showing empathic care toward their infants, even when we discuss the importance of responsiveness. Here is some needed education.
• What Is “Good Enough Mothering” of a Baby?
  The therapist's viewpoint for discussing “good enough mothering” for infants, a precursor of mental health.
• Mother Love Used to Matter
  The “hunger for mothering experiences” affects infant physical as well as mental health.
• What Do You Know About Breastfeeding?
  It’s National Breastfeeding Month—a good time to update your knowledge about breastfeeding’s power.
• Authoritarianism Towards Babies
  In the mid-20th century, clinician J.C. Moloney noted that many U.S. children seemed to have been mistreated in ways similar to those in Nazi Germany.
• Are We All Authoritarians?
  Authoritarianism seems to be increasing. What are its causes?
• Breastfeeding as Companionship: An Ancient Tradition
  Many people seem to misconceive breastfeeding as a passing of food-like nutrients to baby. It is far more.
• The Psychology of Donald Trump
  Acording to Mary Trump's book, Donald Trump grew up in a household that undermined empathy, kindness, and virtue, and encouraged viciousness in the boys.
• The Hows and Whys of Attachment Parenting
  Attachment parenting is often misunderstood. Nicholson and Parker wrote the manual to clear things up.
• Natives Foster Happy People Without Overthinking
  Jean Liedloff stumbled into the Amazon and found thriving babies and communities. She was astonished.
• Ecocentrism: What May Be Needed to Save Our Species
  How can we restore our heritage of nested, earth-centered living? Understanding humanity’s past (and alternative present) is one place to start.