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  “I want to have kids someday, but I’m scared— it’s just too much responsibility.” “Have kids? And risk messing up another human being for life? No way!”  As a woman in my twenties, I frequently hear statements like these from my friends and peers. Parents are raising their kids with less social and public […]

Our 6-minute film, Breaking the Cycle, gives the overview of how the dominant culture lost its way. We are in a cycle of competitive detachment, an unnested pathway. First, due to the structures of society and the cultural stories that rationalize them, everyone’s basic needs are not met which especially impacts babies and what capacities […]

For nearly all of human species existence across the world, child raising was rooted in the maternal gift economy as denoted by the evolved nest. Basic needs were met without resistance. Humans have needs not only for nourishment, warmth, safety, but also a positive welcoming community, affectionate touch, play, mentoring from and interbeing with multi-aged […]

Celebrate and Honor World Animal Day with the Evolved Nest Film, Book, and Resources Watch the film here and below. Read the foreword to the Evolved Nest: Nature’s Way of Raising Read the first chapter of the Evolved Nest book here.   Pledge to Respect Animal Dignity World Animal Day I did not grow up […]

Kindred is proud to share highlights from the 1st Impressions Immersive Exhibit at the recent 2024 Global Mental Health Conference at Sofia University,  where our materials and films were featured. The theme of the conference was Enlightened Minds, Compassionate Hearts, and Embodied Wisdom: An Integrative Approach to Advancing Mental Health and Well-Being Local, Global and Beyond! […]

Join our monthly Nested World live call in this video recording from November 2024. In this event, Eugene Malthouse of the University of Nottingham, UK, presents his latest research into the Experience of the Evolved Nest. Watch Eugene’s presentation and listen to questions from the audience for Eugene and Darcia Narvaez. Learn more about this […]

Our ancestors were deeply intelligent. About two million years ago we evolved cooperative child raising, which fosters big social brains and distinguishes us from chimpanzees. It is time to remember what our ancestors intuited and science now confirms. 1.     We are biosocial. That is, our biology is shaped by our social experiences and our sociality […]

Normalizing nighttime nurturing is here at last! The combination of inspiration and information in this much needed children’s book can liberate those parents who already share sleep with their babies and little children and give permission to those who will want to.   We Share Our Sleep is the story of a momma telling her […]

About the Book Please Read To Me is a multicultural, bilingual book that shows parents, grandparents, siblings, and caregivers the joys and benefits of bonding with babies and young children by reading to them. Featuring beautiful illustrations donated by Maine artists, the story is a child’s plea for love and literacy. The rhyming text makes it […]

“Rhymers will be readers; it’s that simple. Experts in literacy and child development have discovered that if children know eight nursery rhymes by heart by age four, they’re usually among the best readers by the time they’re eight!”  – Mem Fox, author Reading Magic I am living proof that this Mem Fox quote is true. […]