Resources

Moral Landscapes (Psychology Today blog)

• How to Respect a Baby Through Positive Touch
  Empowering children is part of optimizing child outcomes.
• Indigenous Psychologies from Around the World
  Modern animism recognizes that the world is full of persons, only some of whom are human. It is part of the Indigenous worldview.
• Indigenous Psychologies Contrast With Western Psychology
  The field of psychology has generally followed the western world’s frameworks for explaining life. Indigenous psychologies, rooted in place, challenge western paradigm.
• Pathways Out of Depression
  Journalist Johann Hari uncovers several potential ways to get your life back.
• The Missing Voice of Babies
  Who speaks up for babies? The author of Cribsheet does not.
• Humility: The Missing Virtue?
  Humanity's heritage of nomadic foraging life, where the evolved nest is provided, fosters various types of humility.
• Are Child Raising Practices Related to Extremism?
  Which of our multicultural roots will guide our child raising?
• Self-Transformation 2: Ego-Dissolution
  A common developmental urge at midlife is to transcend the self. The process of transformation devastates and shatters the ego but brings about deep happiness and connection.
• Breast Milk Keeps Time and May Set Baby’s Clock
  Day breast milk differs from night breast milk in ways that may be critical for infant sleep and development.
• Self-Transformation, Step 1: Building the Ego
  Children must be knit together by loving supportive care in early life. What happens when that is missing?
• Hugs and Cuddles Instead of Spanking
  Mammals need positive touch for development. Avoiding negative touch is important too.