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Moral Landscapes (Psychology Today blog)

• Raising Your Child’s Whole Brain
  Do we want our children to thrive or just survive? Aiming for survival is appropriate in a war zone but elsewhere parents can aim for thriving. Here are a dozen strategies.
• Why Don’t Healthy Humans Act Like Apes?
  You evolved to have more social intelligence than an ape, but whether or not you develop it depends on your childhood experience.
• Mindful Parenting Brings About a Peaceful Home
  Mindfulness improves all relationships. For all of us, it starts with parenting.
• Thriving Child, Cooperative Child
  Helping young children develop social enjoyment may be vital for their moral socialization.
• Childhood Experiences Matter for Adult Well-being
  The effects of trauma in early life are mitigated by humanity's evolved nest.
• Indigenous Self-Actualization Is Communal
  Did you know that Maslow's self-actualization theory was inspired by the Blackfoot tribe? He got some things right and some wrong.
• Humility Is a Dynamic Embodied Capacity
  American culture could benefit from more humility, especially towards the basic needs of children.
• Inflammation, the Root of Disease, Is Pervasive
  Nearly every modern illness can be traced to inflammation. And nearly every kind of system we live in today leads to inflammation.
• 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.
• Parenting Your Child's Immature Brain
  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.