When I started out as a middle-school Spanish teacher at a prep school, I attempted to organize democratic climates in my classes. We discussed what rules students preferred. I negotiated within the bounds available. This was a social contract orientation, Stage 5 of Lawrence Kohlberg’s moral judgment scheme. My knowledge of Kohlberg’s theory came later […]
According to Ellen Langer (author of Mindfulness), mindlessness is a form of limited perception characterized by being trapped in preconceived categories, automatic behavior, and a single perspective. One is unable to respond to the unique context of the present moment. Iain McGilchrist might call this a left-brain governed orientation. The alternative perceptual orientation is governed […]
Kindred World is proud to announce that Darcia Narvaez, PhD, our president and co-founder of the Evolved Nest Initiative, is the recipient of the 2024 Presidential Citation Award from Division 24 of the American Psychological Association (APA). Established in 2019, the Presidential Citation Award honors a nationally or internationally recognized scholar who has made significant […]
My left shoulder sports a tattoo––a rendering of a petroglyph in the shape of a spiral. In school, while listening to the droning on of teachers, I drew spirals all over my notebook. When playing at the beach with my two young children, it was playful co-mingling spirals we carved into the sand with long […]
In the podcast below, you will hear Dr. Darcia Narvaez and Dr. Mary Tarsha discuss their new paper, “Humanity’s Evolved Developmental Niche and its Relation to Cardiac Vagal Regulation in The First Years of Life.” In the paper several components of humanity’s evolved nest were reviewed (breastfeeding, positive touch, allomothers, responsive care, free play) in […]
What do to during the holiday break, and ask our world braces for a pivotal year in human history? Let's reimagine our world in less than 30 minutes with the Evolved Nest's short film collection:
“We will be saved throgh the articulation of what we have forgotten.” — Stephanie Mines Nothing restores embodied cultural sensitivity more than a woman claiming her right to have her baby and be with her baby or babies if she births multiples, immediately after birth, and to receive the placenta that unites them in […]
Parents have a rough go of it. They white-water raft their way through the days and nights of balancing child raising, work, and household management. Often, without much assistance. But new parents have it the worst. Parents go into shock from the sudden change in daily and nightly life. The baby is no longer encased […]
Listen to an interview with the women from Family and Home Network who caught Wikipedia's redirect page to "housewife" and submitted the new entry for Stay-at-Home-Mother
Lisa Reagan and Darcia Narvaez discuss the significance of and ongoing work inspired by Darcia's award-winning book, Neurobiology and the Development of Human Morality: Evolution, Culture, and Wisdom