Moral Landscapes (Psychology Today blog)

• 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.
• A Different View of Wellness
  Wellness is a function of the quality of our relationships with others, including Creation, or nature, according to Indigenous psychology.
• Colonial Psychology: The Psychology We All Recognize
  Colonialism colonized psychology too, hobbling its worldview and its application with what Indigenous peoples consider myths.
• Democracy Starts with Babies and Responsive, Nested Care
  Democracies may fail when their citizens lack the skills needed for democratic citizenship.
• How Not to Be an Angry, Controlling Parent
  U.S. parenting culture and practices increase anxiety in parent and child. Traditional societies know techniques that support calm and well-being in parent and child.
• Healthy Development and Trauma-Informed Practice
  Healthy child development involves regulation, relationships, and reason.
• Principles of an Indigenous Way of Being
  Psychology thinks itself as culture-free and “objective” or without bias. But it is rooted in colonialism. Indigenous Psychology starts with Creation instead of the individual.
• Who Needs Empathy?
  Some scholars question the value of empathy, while for others it is foundational for the evolution of our cooperative social species—but it must be cultivated by a village of care.
• Are We "Civilized to Death?"
  In the last few millennia, we have been misinformed about our pre-civilized past, keeping us fearful. To move toward wellness, we must integrate aspects of our pre-civilized past.
• 'Wellness-Informed': Foundations for Practice
  "Wellness-informed" orients to optimizing human life.
• What Societal Characteristics Are Associated With Peace?
  A new study shows us the characteristics of peaceful societies.