Are We Raising Unhelpful, Bossy Kids? Here’s The Fix
Psychologists have figured out how some cultures raise extraordinarily helpful children. They use two important tools.
Secrets Of A Maya Supermom: What Parenting Books Don’t Tell You
If you look around the world, you can find a universal way of raising helpful, kind children. But you can't find this method in popular parenting books.
How Inuit Parents Teach Kids To Control Their Anger
Back in the 1960s, a Harvard graduate student made a landmark discovery about the nature of human anger.
A Lost Secret: How To Get Kids To Pay Attention
Every month, it seems there's a new study out suggesting that kids are losing their ability to pay attention. We hear a range of possible causes - video games, smartphones, social media. But some scientists think that what some kids are actually losing isn't attention but motivation. As part of the NPR-wide project How To Raise A Human, NPR's Michaeleen Doucleff explains the connection and what to do about it.
Storytelling Instead Of Scolding: Inuit Say It Makes Their Children More Cool-Headed
In northern Canada, near the Arctic Circle, the Inuit have developed sophisticated tools to teach children how to regulate their anger. NPR's Michaeleen Doucleff explains how these tools work and what they can teach us.
Bringing up a baby can be a tough and lonely job. Here’s a solution: alloparents
A squishy, slippery blob that's incredibly needy - that's how pretty much every person is born. And we all needed a huge amount of care. In America, much of that responsibility often falls to one person: the mother. But a new study with a group of hunter-gatherers suggests that human moms probably didn't evolve to take care of babies all on their own. Michaeleen Doucleff has the story.
