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ROUTINES VS. SCHEDULES Routines are simply the behaviours we enact in the same order each time we assume an activity. For many families, they will have full daytime routines and bedtime (or napping) routines. So if your regular course of action is that you wake up, get dressed, get the kids dressed, get breakfast, go to the park, go to the library, have lunch,nap
STRESS-RELEASE CRYING [Additional note: Stress-release crying is VERY different from crying-in-arms when a parent is refusing to meet a specific need, like a feed. If you are actively avoiding providing your child with the type of response that calm your baby then we don’t know if the being “in arms” is actually reducing the stress. We hope it does minimize it because there is a level of comfort there, but 4 STEPS TO HELP WITH BABY’S TRANSITION TO A NEW CAREGIVER Transitioning to a new caregiver can be hard for everyone involved. If you have the time to transition slowly, these four steps can help avoid dreaded crying fits when you leave and help your child remain secure and comfortable. DOES FORMAL EDUCATION MAKE YOU SMARTER? Does formal education make you smarter? It’s a question that many people actually assume an answer to, namely that of course it does! It’s why we have schools and formal education, right? It’s why we go on to get various degrees, right? Eh Not so fast. Although people have often assumed that the more you “MY CHILD WON’T LET ME COMFORT!” Every negative thought you have of yourself as a parent is rushing forward like water after a dam breaks. You look at this child – this love of your life – who is in pain and struggling and you so want to help, but she won’t let you and of course the only reason that comes to mind is that you have failed somehow. You have done something wrong, so wrong that she refuses to allow herself BEDSHARING AND SIDS: THE WHOLE TRUTH ).). It is this evidence that has lead agencies such as the American Academy of Pediatrics to have an official policy against bedsharing. And yet, despite what could be seen as overwhelming evidence, many people, myself included, read these articles andremained skeptical
IS "RESPONSIVE SETTLING" EFFECTIVE AND RESPONSIVE A new study in Early Human Development claims that “responsive settling” helps increase infant sleep without the associated stress (for parent and child) of traditional extinction methods. The research was spearheaded by Dr. Wendy Middlemiss, who is known for earlier research looking at mother-child synchrony and infant GUEST POST: THE GENTLE AFRICAN WAY TO YOUR BABY SLEEPING Many of you know the very viral piece "Why African Babies Don't Cry: An African Perspective". Well, here I present a guest article by the same author, the very talented JC Niala, on sleeping from her very unique, personal history as an African-British woman. EVOLUTIONARY PARENTING What is Evolutionary Parenting? In short: Understanding how we evolved to parent. The longer answer is that it is a philosophy surrounding parenting that involves biology, history, neuroscience, anthropology, and developmental psychology. We as humans have evolved in a particular manner, and the parent-child relationship is no different. ABOUT TRACY CASSELS, PHD About Tracy Cassels, PhD. Tracy Cassels, PhD is the director of Evolutionary Parenting, a resource she founded in 2011 after the birth of her daughter Maddy. It began whilst she was in graduate school and has continued and grown as she completed her PhD and moved towards more direct work with parents and families. She has a B.A. inCognitive
ROUTINES VS. SCHEDULES Routines are simply the behaviours we enact in the same order each time we assume an activity. For many families, they will have full daytime routines and bedtime (or napping) routines. So if your regular course of action is that you wake up, get dressed, get the kids dressed, get breakfast, go to the park, go to the library, have lunch,nap
STRESS-RELEASE CRYING [Additional note: Stress-release crying is VERY different from crying-in-arms when a parent is refusing to meet a specific need, like a feed. If you are actively avoiding providing your child with the type of response that calm your baby then we don’t know if the being “in arms” is actually reducing the stress. We hope it does minimize it because there is a level of comfort there, but 4 STEPS TO HELP WITH BABY’S TRANSITION TO A NEW CAREGIVER Transitioning to a new caregiver can be hard for everyone involved. If you have the time to transition slowly, these four steps can help avoid dreaded crying fits when you leave and help your child remain secure and comfortable. DOES FORMAL EDUCATION MAKE YOU SMARTER? Does formal education make you smarter? It’s a question that many people actually assume an answer to, namely that of course it does! It’s why we have schools and formal education, right? It’s why we go on to get various degrees, right? Eh Not so fast. Although people have often assumed that the more you “MY CHILD WON’T LET ME COMFORT!” Every negative thought you have of yourself as a parent is rushing forward like water after a dam breaks. You look at this child – this love of your life – who is in pain and struggling and you so want to help, but she won’t let you and of course the only reason that comes to mind is that you have failed somehow. You have done something wrong, so wrong that she refuses to allow herself BEDSHARING AND SIDS: THE WHOLE TRUTH ).). It is this evidence that has lead agencies such as the American Academy of Pediatrics to have an official policy against bedsharing. And yet, despite what could be seen as overwhelming evidence, many people, myself included, read these articles andremained skeptical
IS "RESPONSIVE SETTLING" EFFECTIVE AND RESPONSIVE A new study in Early Human Development claims that “responsive settling” helps increase infant sleep without the associated stress (for parent and child) of traditional extinction methods. The research was spearheaded by Dr. Wendy Middlemiss, who is known for earlier research looking at mother-child synchrony and infant GUEST POST: THE GENTLE AFRICAN WAY TO YOUR BABY SLEEPING Many of you know the very viral piece "Why African Babies Don't Cry: An African Perspective". Well, here I present a guest article by the same author, the very talented JC Niala, on sleeping from her very unique, personal history as an African-British woman. THE INDEPENDENT CHILD Tracy Cassels, PhD is the Director of Evolutionary Parenting, a science-based, attachment-oriented resource for families on a variety of parenting issues. In addition to her online resources, she offers one-on-one support to families around the world and is regularly asked to speak on a variety of issues from sleep to tantrums at conferences THE BREASTFEEDING INSTINCT .. Compare this to the breastfeeding behaviour found in many hospitals in today’s Western societies. At the end of a breastfeeding initiation program in Boston, 86.5% of women initiated breastfeeding and only 33.5% exclusively breastfed.. In Italy, only 85% of mothers initiated breastfeeding and only 19% were breastfeeding at 6 months (not exclusively either, just simple breastfeeding). BEDSHARING AND SIDS: THE WHOLE TRUTH ).). It is this evidence that has lead agencies such as the American Academy of Pediatrics to have an official policy against bedsharing. And yet, despite what could be seen as overwhelming evidence, many people, myself included, read these articles andremained skeptical
BEDSHARING: RISKS AND REALITIES Of the 291 SIDS and asphyxiation deaths, 246 had bedsharing information and 126 occurred while bedsharing. Of the 126 bedsharing SIDS/asphyxiation deaths, 119 had at least 1 “big five” risk factor which were defined as tobacco use, sleeping with a non-caregiver, prone sleep position (i.e., on baby’s stomach), impairment of bedsharing THE BEDTIME PASS: GOOD OR BAD? Tracy Cassels, PhD tracy@evolutionaryparenting.com http://EvolutionaryParenting.com Page 3 of 3 bed. And that's okay. Just push bedtime a bit later and you may have a SLEEP: A MISGUIDED AND UNHEALTHY OBSESSION – commonly defined by night wakings in infancy and then night wakings and bedtime resistance in childhood. Oddly, even when a “disorder” is given, it’s typically the parents who have a problem with infant sleep, not the infant. Studies looking at infant sleep found that parents didn’t think their children or infants showed signs of sleep deprivation at all, but that their child SIX WAYS TO ALLOW YOUR CHILD TO BECOME A RESPONSIBLE ADULT Too many articles lately focusing on how we aren't harsh enough with our kids and that's why we have problem with today's generation. Here's my opinion on what's wrong with today via six things we should let our kids do if we want them to be responsible adults. HELPING KIDS FIND ALTERNATIVES TO “THE TANTRUM Recently, I received a question from a parent to the tune of, “What are the alternatives to a tantrum that you teach your child?” It was a great question as I have spoken at length about the need to help our children find alternatives, yet had offered no alternatives (see this piece here).). In fairness, part of the reason I offer no concrete solutions (which you won’t see here either GUEST POST: MY ADVICE TO NEW MOMS (A POEM) Trisha Lawrie has kindly shared three incredibly powerful poems regarding birth and I am thrilled to share them. I feel they speak to so much that we speak of on EP and give voice to experiences that, sadly, far too many women experience during the birth process. Though "enjoy" isn't quite the right word, I HOW LIBERAL FEMINISM AND PATRIARCHY WORK TOGETHER TO Liberal feminism hasn’t disavowed us of this notion, instead it has decided to roll with it. Instead of arguing against the notion that monetary output is the be-all and end-all of society, of the family, of success, it simply has said, “Us women can enter that game andwin at it too.”
EVOLUTIONARY PARENTING What is Evolutionary Parenting? In short: Understanding how we evolved to parent. The longer answer is that it is a philosophy surrounding parenting that involves biology, history, neuroscience, anthropology, and developmental psychology. We as humans have evolved in a particular manner, and the parent-child relationship is no different. ABOUT TRACY CASSELS, PHD About Tracy Cassels, PhD. Tracy Cassels, PhD is the director of Evolutionary Parenting, a resource she founded in 2011 after the birth of her daughter Maddy. It began whilst she was in graduate school and has continued and grown as she completed her PhD and moved towards more direct work with parents and families. She has a B.A. inCognitive
ROUTINES VS. SCHEDULES Routines are simply the behaviours we enact in the same order each time we assume an activity. For many families, they will have full daytime routines and bedtime (or napping) routines. So if your regular course of action is that you wake up, get dressed, get the kids dressed, get breakfast, go to the park, go to the library, have lunch,nap
STRESS-RELEASE CRYING [Additional note: Stress-release crying is VERY different from crying-in-arms when a parent is refusing to meet a specific need, like a feed. If you are actively avoiding providing your child with the type of response that calm your baby then we don’t know if the being “in arms” is actually reducing the stress. We hope it does minimize it because there is a level of comfort there, but 4 STEPS TO HELP WITH BABY’S TRANSITION TO A NEW CAREGIVER Transitioning to a new caregiver can be hard for everyone involved. If you have the time to transition slowly, these four steps can help avoid dreaded crying fits when you leave and help your child remain secure and comfortable. DOES FORMAL EDUCATION MAKE YOU SMARTER? Does formal education make you smarter? It’s a question that many people actually assume an answer to, namely that of course it does! It’s why we have schools and formal education, right? It’s why we go on to get various degrees, right? Eh Not so fast. Although people have often assumed that the more you “MY CHILD WON’T LET ME COMFORT!” Every negative thought you have of yourself as a parent is rushing forward like water after a dam breaks. You look at this child – this love of your life – who is in pain and struggling and you so want to help, but she won’t let you and of course the only reason that comes to mind is that you have failed somehow. You have done something wrong, so wrong that she refuses to allow herself BEDSHARING AND SIDS: THE WHOLE TRUTH ).). It is this evidence that has lead agencies such as the American Academy of Pediatrics to have an official policy against bedsharing. And yet, despite what could be seen as overwhelming evidence, many people, myself included, read these articles andremained skeptical
IS "RESPONSIVE SETTLING" EFFECTIVE AND RESPONSIVE A new study in Early Human Development claims that “responsive settling” helps increase infant sleep without the associated stress (for parent and child) of traditional extinction methods. The research was spearheaded by Dr. Wendy Middlemiss, who is known for earlier research looking at mother-child synchrony and infant GUEST POST: THE GENTLE AFRICAN WAY TO YOUR BABY SLEEPING Many of you know the very viral piece "Why African Babies Don't Cry: An African Perspective". Well, here I present a guest article by the same author, the very talented JC Niala, on sleeping from her very unique, personal history as an African-British woman. EVOLUTIONARY PARENTING What is Evolutionary Parenting? In short: Understanding how we evolved to parent. The longer answer is that it is a philosophy surrounding parenting that involves biology, history, neuroscience, anthropology, and developmental psychology. We as humans have evolved in a particular manner, and the parent-child relationship is no different. ABOUT TRACY CASSELS, PHD About Tracy Cassels, PhD. Tracy Cassels, PhD is the director of Evolutionary Parenting, a resource she founded in 2011 after the birth of her daughter Maddy. It began whilst she was in graduate school and has continued and grown as she completed her PhD and moved towards more direct work with parents and families. She has a B.A. inCognitive
ROUTINES VS. SCHEDULES Routines are simply the behaviours we enact in the same order each time we assume an activity. For many families, they will have full daytime routines and bedtime (or napping) routines. So if your regular course of action is that you wake up, get dressed, get the kids dressed, get breakfast, go to the park, go to the library, have lunch,nap
STRESS-RELEASE CRYING [Additional note: Stress-release crying is VERY different from crying-in-arms when a parent is refusing to meet a specific need, like a feed. If you are actively avoiding providing your child with the type of response that calm your baby then we don’t know if the being “in arms” is actually reducing the stress. We hope it does minimize it because there is a level of comfort there, but 4 STEPS TO HELP WITH BABY’S TRANSITION TO A NEW CAREGIVER Transitioning to a new caregiver can be hard for everyone involved. If you have the time to transition slowly, these four steps can help avoid dreaded crying fits when you leave and help your child remain secure and comfortable. DOES FORMAL EDUCATION MAKE YOU SMARTER? Does formal education make you smarter? It’s a question that many people actually assume an answer to, namely that of course it does! It’s why we have schools and formal education, right? It’s why we go on to get various degrees, right? Eh Not so fast. Although people have often assumed that the more you “MY CHILD WON’T LET ME COMFORT!” Every negative thought you have of yourself as a parent is rushing forward like water after a dam breaks. You look at this child – this love of your life – who is in pain and struggling and you so want to help, but she won’t let you and of course the only reason that comes to mind is that you have failed somehow. You have done something wrong, so wrong that she refuses to allow herself BEDSHARING AND SIDS: THE WHOLE TRUTH ).). It is this evidence that has lead agencies such as the American Academy of Pediatrics to have an official policy against bedsharing. And yet, despite what could be seen as overwhelming evidence, many people, myself included, read these articles andremained skeptical
IS "RESPONSIVE SETTLING" EFFECTIVE AND RESPONSIVE A new study in Early Human Development claims that “responsive settling” helps increase infant sleep without the associated stress (for parent and child) of traditional extinction methods. The research was spearheaded by Dr. Wendy Middlemiss, who is known for earlier research looking at mother-child synchrony and infant GUEST POST: THE GENTLE AFRICAN WAY TO YOUR BABY SLEEPING Many of you know the very viral piece "Why African Babies Don't Cry: An African Perspective". Well, here I present a guest article by the same author, the very talented JC Niala, on sleeping from her very unique, personal history as an African-British woman. THE INDEPENDENT CHILD Tracy Cassels, PhD is the Director of Evolutionary Parenting, a science-based, attachment-oriented resource for families on a variety of parenting issues. In addition to her online resources, she offers one-on-one support to families around the world and is regularly asked to speak on a variety of issues from sleep to tantrums at conferences THE BREASTFEEDING INSTINCT .. Compare this to the breastfeeding behaviour found in many hospitals in today’s Western societies. At the end of a breastfeeding initiation program in Boston, 86.5% of women initiated breastfeeding and only 33.5% exclusively breastfed.. In Italy, only 85% of mothers initiated breastfeeding and only 19% were breastfeeding at 6 months (not exclusively either, just simple breastfeeding). BEDSHARING AND SIDS: THE WHOLE TRUTH ).). It is this evidence that has lead agencies such as the American Academy of Pediatrics to have an official policy against bedsharing. And yet, despite what could be seen as overwhelming evidence, many people, myself included, read these articles andremained skeptical
BEDSHARING: RISKS AND REALITIES Of the 291 SIDS and asphyxiation deaths, 246 had bedsharing information and 126 occurred while bedsharing. Of the 126 bedsharing SIDS/asphyxiation deaths, 119 had at least 1 “big five” risk factor which were defined as tobacco use, sleeping with a non-caregiver, prone sleep position (i.e., on baby’s stomach), impairment of bedsharingEP PODCAST EP 25
EP Podcast ep 25 | Evolutionary Parenting | Where History SLEEP: A MISGUIDED AND UNHEALTHY OBSESSION – commonly defined by night wakings in infancy and then night wakings and bedtime resistance in childhood. Oddly, even when a “disorder” is given, it’s typically the parents who have a problem with infant sleep, not the infant. Studies looking at infant sleep found that parents didn’t think their children or infants showed signs of sleep deprivation at all, but that their child THE BEDTIME PASS: GOOD OR BAD? Tracy Cassels, PhD tracy@evolutionaryparenting.com http://EvolutionaryParenting.com Page 3 of 3 bed. And that's okay. Just push bedtime a bit later and you may have a SIX WAYS TO ALLOW YOUR CHILD TO BECOME A RESPONSIBLE ADULT Too many articles lately focusing on how we aren't harsh enough with our kids and that's why we have problem with today's generation. Here's my opinion on what's wrong with today via six things we should let our kids do if we want them to be responsible adults. HELPING KIDS FIND ALTERNATIVES TO “THE TANTRUM Recently, I received a question from a parent to the tune of, “What are the alternatives to a tantrum that you teach your child?” It was a great question as I have spoken at length about the need to help our children find alternatives, yet had offered no alternatives (see this piece here).). In fairness, part of the reason I offer no concrete solutions (which you won’t see here either HOW LIBERAL FEMINISM AND PATRIARCHY WORK TOGETHER TO Liberal feminism hasn’t disavowed us of this notion, instead it has decided to roll with it. Instead of arguing against the notion that monetary output is the be-all and end-all of society, of the family, of success, it simply has said, “Us women can enter that game andwin at it too.”
EVOLUTIONARY PARENTING Speakers include Dr. Helen Ball, Sarah Ockwell-Smith, Dr. Greer Kirshenbaum, Dr. Levita D’Souza, and more. This conference will explore issues relevant to any professional health worker or volunteer working with new families in the first years of their baby’s life. Topics include practical strategies for supporting parents with infantsleep
ABOUT TRACY CASSELS, PHD About Tracy Cassels, PhD. Tracy Cassels, PhD is the director of Evolutionary Parenting, a resource she founded in 2011 after the birth of her daughter Maddy. It began whilst she was in graduate school and has continued and grown as she completed her PhD and moved towards more direct work with parents and families. She has a B.A. inCognitive
ROUTINES VS. SCHEDULES Routines are simply the behaviours we enact in the same order each time we assume an activity. For many families, they will have full daytime routines and bedtime (or napping) routines. So if your regular course of action is that you wake up, get dressed, get the kids dressed, get breakfast, go to the park, go to the library, have lunch,nap
4 STEPS TO HELP WITH BABY’S TRANSITION TO A NEW CAREGIVER Transitioning to a new caregiver can be hard for everyone involved. If you have the time to transition slowly, these four steps can help avoid dreaded crying fits when you leave and help your child remain secure and comfortable. “I’M AN OVERLY-EDUCATED STAY-AT-HOME MOM” Last week I was at a party with my daughter for a friend’s daughter. We were classmates together in graduate school, obtaining our M.A.s in Clinical Psychology together and while I switched over to the Developmental program for my Ph.D., she stayed in Clinical for a couple years before leaving the program when she had her first child. THE BENEFITS OF LOGICAL CONSEQUENCES By Tracy G. Cassels. I’m a big fan of natural consequences. But sometimes natural just doesn’t do it – like when my daughter decides to throw her toys at me – sure, she sees me sad and I will not play with her, but that doesn’t quite seem to curb it, especially when she’s angry and threw it in order to hurt me. Now before anyone goes calling her a brat, let me remind you she’s 3 “MY CHILD WON’T LET ME COMFORT!” Every negative thought you have of yourself as a parent is rushing forward like water after a dam breaks. You look at this child – this love of your life – who is in pain and struggling and you so want to help, but she won’t let you and of course the only reason that comes to mind is that you have failed somehow. You have done something wrong, so wrong that she refuses to allow herself BEDSHARING AND LATER MENTAL HEALTH: CAUSE FOR CONCERN OR Sometimes older articles make the rounds and one from 2017 has been featuring online in the circles I’m in. The article – Mother-child bed-sharing trajectories and psychiatric disorders at the age of 6 years in the Journal of Affective Disorders – examined the question of how bedsharing may impact child mental health. The conclusions suggested that persistent bedsharing and early-only GUEST POST: THE GENTLE AFRICAN WAY TO YOUR BABY SLEEPING Many of you know the very viral piece "Why African Babies Don't Cry: An African Perspective". Well, here I present a guest article by the same author, the very talented JC Niala, on sleeping from her very unique, personal history as an African-British woman. PROVING THE RISK OF HARM IN EARLY SLEEP TRAINING has me hearing choirs, seeing the clouds part, and sun shining down (and I live in Vancouver, BC so it’s not something I see very often) over finally seeing someone address the issue of sleep training in young children by summarizing ALL the research (albeit only until six months of age). For so long, so much of the discussion has been based on us not actually knowing what the summary is EVOLUTIONARY PARENTING Speakers include Dr. Helen Ball, Sarah Ockwell-Smith, Dr. Greer Kirshenbaum, Dr. Levita D’Souza, and more. This conference will explore issues relevant to any professional health worker or volunteer working with new families in the first years of their baby’s life. Topics include practical strategies for supporting parents with infantsleep
ABOUT TRACY CASSELS, PHD About Tracy Cassels, PhD. Tracy Cassels, PhD is the director of Evolutionary Parenting, a resource she founded in 2011 after the birth of her daughter Maddy. It began whilst she was in graduate school and has continued and grown as she completed her PhD and moved towards more direct work with parents and families. She has a B.A. inCognitive
ROUTINES VS. SCHEDULES Routines are simply the behaviours we enact in the same order each time we assume an activity. For many families, they will have full daytime routines and bedtime (or napping) routines. So if your regular course of action is that you wake up, get dressed, get the kids dressed, get breakfast, go to the park, go to the library, have lunch,nap
4 STEPS TO HELP WITH BABY’S TRANSITION TO A NEW CAREGIVER Transitioning to a new caregiver can be hard for everyone involved. If you have the time to transition slowly, these four steps can help avoid dreaded crying fits when you leave and help your child remain secure and comfortable. DOES FORMAL EDUCATION MAKE YOU SMARTER? Does formal education make you smarter? It’s a question that many people actually assume an answer to, namely that of course it does! It’s why we have schools and formal education, right? It’s why we go on to get various degrees, right? Eh Not so fast. Although people have often assumed that the more you “I’M AN OVERLY-EDUCATED STAY-AT-HOME MOM” Last week I was at a party with my daughter for a friend’s daughter. We were classmates together in graduate school, obtaining our M.A.s in Clinical Psychology together and while I switched over to the Developmental program for my Ph.D., she stayed in Clinical for a couple years before leaving the program when she had her first child. “MY CHILD WON’T LET ME COMFORT!” Every negative thought you have of yourself as a parent is rushing forward like water after a dam breaks. You look at this child – this love of your life – who is in pain and struggling and you so want to help, but she won’t let you and of course the only reason that comes to mind is that you have failed somehow. You have done something wrong, so wrong that she refuses to allow herself BEDSHARING AND SIDS: THE WHOLE TRUTH ).). It is this evidence that has lead agencies such as the American Academy of Pediatrics to have an official policy against bedsharing. And yet, despite what could be seen as overwhelming evidence, many people, myself included, read these articles andremained skeptical
IS "RESPONSIVE SETTLING" EFFECTIVE AND RESPONSIVE A new study in Early Human Development claims that “responsive settling” helps increase infant sleep without the associated stress (for parent and child) of traditional extinction methods. The research was spearheaded by Dr. Wendy Middlemiss, who is known for earlier research looking at mother-child synchrony and infant GUEST POST: THE GENTLE AFRICAN WAY TO YOUR BABY SLEEPING Many of you know the very viral piece "Why African Babies Don't Cry: An African Perspective". Well, here I present a guest article by the same author, the very talented JC Niala, on sleeping from her very unique, personal history as an African-British woman. “I’M AN OVERLY-EDUCATED STAY-AT-HOME MOM” Last week I was at a party with my daughter for a friend’s daughter. We were classmates together in graduate school, obtaining our M.A.s in Clinical Psychology together and while I switched over to the Developmental program for my Ph.D., she stayed in Clinical for a couple years before leaving the program when she had her first child.EP PODCAST EP 25
EP Podcast ep 25 | Evolutionary Parenting | Where History MY PROBLEMS WITH RIE My Problems with RIE. Many people subscribe to the RIE theory of raising children espoused most famously by Magda Gerber, currently popularized by individuals like Janet Lansbury. Standing for “Resources for Infant Educarers”, RIE is a philosophy that focuses on respect of a child as an independent person that we must observe inorder to
DOES FORMAL EDUCATION MAKE YOU SMARTER? Does formal education make you smarter? It’s a question that many people actually assume an answer to, namely that of course it does! It’s why we have schools and formal education, right? It’s why we go on to get various degrees, right? Eh Not so fast. Although people have often assumed that the more you SLEEP: A MISGUIDED AND UNHEALTHY OBSESSION – commonly defined by night wakings in infancy and then night wakings and bedtime resistance in childhood. Oddly, even when a “disorder” is given, it’s typically the parents who have a problem with infant sleep, not the infant. Studies looking at infant sleep found that parents didn’t think their children or infants showed signs of sleep deprivation at all, but that their child IS "RESPONSIVE SETTLING" EFFECTIVE AND RESPONSIVE A new study in Early Human Development claims that “responsive settling” helps increase infant sleep without the associated stress (for parent and child) of traditional extinction methods. The research was spearheaded by Dr. Wendy Middlemiss, who is known for earlier research looking at mother-child synchrony and infant THE BEDTIME PASS: GOOD OR BAD? Tracy Cassels, PhD tracy@evolutionaryparenting.com http://EvolutionaryParenting.com Page 3 of 3 bed. And that's okay. Just push bedtime a bit later and you may have a HOW LIBERAL FEMINISM AND PATRIARCHY WORK TOGETHER TO Liberal feminism hasn’t disavowed us of this notion, instead it has decided to roll with it. Instead of arguing against the notion that monetary output is the be-all and end-all of society, of the family, of success, it simply has said, “Us women can enter that game andwin at it too.”
A RESPONSE TO GINA FORD’S “GOLDEN RULES” Given Ms. Ford hasn’t taken the Daily Mail to task and this fits with what I have read more generally on her methods (albeit in earlier books), so I can only imagine she finds this a good (or at least decent) representation of her methods (if not, then she should take issue with the Daily Mail, and should happily agree with what I’m going to write about these rules – note: the idea that NO, MY CHILD DOESN’T BELIEVE IN SANTA 'Santa's Portrait' byThomas Nast, published in Harper's Weekly, 1881 The holidays are rolling around and if you live in a Christian-centric culture, chances are you are facing the onslaught of Santa (even though Santa has nothing to do with the Christian religion). Santa iseverywhere and it
EVOLUTIONARY PARENTING Speakers include Dr. Helen Ball, Sarah Ockwell-Smith, Dr. Greer Kirshenbaum, Dr. Levita D’Souza, and more. This conference will explore issues relevant to any professional health worker or volunteer working with new families in the first years of their baby’s life. Topics include practical strategies for supporting parents with infantsleep
ABOUT TRACY CASSELS, PHD About Tracy Cassels, PhD. Tracy Cassels, PhD is the director of Evolutionary Parenting, a resource she founded in 2011 after the birth of her daughter Maddy. It began whilst she was in graduate school and has continued and grown as she completed her PhD and moved towards more direct work with parents and families. She has a B.A. inCognitive
ROUTINES VS. SCHEDULES Routines are simply the behaviours we enact in the same order each time we assume an activity. For many families, they will have full daytime routines and bedtime (or napping) routines. So if your regular course of action is that you wake up, get dressed, get the kids dressed, get breakfast, go to the park, go to the library, have lunch,nap
4 STEPS TO HELP WITH BABY’S TRANSITION TO A NEW CAREGIVER Transitioning to a new caregiver can be hard for everyone involved. If you have the time to transition slowly, these four steps can help avoid dreaded crying fits when you leave and help your child remain secure and comfortable. “I’M AN OVERLY-EDUCATED STAY-AT-HOME MOM” Last week I was at a party with my daughter for a friend’s daughter. We were classmates together in graduate school, obtaining our M.A.s in Clinical Psychology together and while I switched over to the Developmental program for my Ph.D., she stayed in Clinical for a couple years before leaving the program when she had her first child. THE BENEFITS OF LOGICAL CONSEQUENCES By Tracy G. Cassels. I’m a big fan of natural consequences. But sometimes natural just doesn’t do it – like when my daughter decides to throw her toys at me – sure, she sees me sad and I will not play with her, but that doesn’t quite seem to curb it, especially when she’s angry and threw it in order to hurt me. Now before anyone goes calling her a brat, let me remind you she’s 3 “MY CHILD WON’T LET ME COMFORT!” Every negative thought you have of yourself as a parent is rushing forward like water after a dam breaks. You look at this child – this love of your life – who is in pain and struggling and you so want to help, but she won’t let you and of course the only reason that comes to mind is that you have failed somehow. You have done something wrong, so wrong that she refuses to allow herself BEDSHARING AND LATER MENTAL HEALTH: CAUSE FOR CONCERN OR Sometimes older articles make the rounds and one from 2017 has been featuring online in the circles I’m in. The article – Mother-child bed-sharing trajectories and psychiatric disorders at the age of 6 years in the Journal of Affective Disorders – examined the question of how bedsharing may impact child mental health. The conclusions suggested that persistent bedsharing and early-only GUEST POST: THE GENTLE AFRICAN WAY TO YOUR BABY SLEEPING Many of you know the very viral piece "Why African Babies Don't Cry: An African Perspective". Well, here I present a guest article by the same author, the very talented JC Niala, on sleeping from her very unique, personal history as an African-British woman. PROVING THE RISK OF HARM IN EARLY SLEEP TRAINING has me hearing choirs, seeing the clouds part, and sun shining down (and I live in Vancouver, BC so it’s not something I see very often) over finally seeing someone address the issue of sleep training in young children by summarizing ALL the research (albeit only until six months of age). For so long, so much of the discussion has been based on us not actually knowing what the summary is EVOLUTIONARY PARENTING Speakers include Dr. Helen Ball, Sarah Ockwell-Smith, Dr. Greer Kirshenbaum, Dr. Levita D’Souza, and more. This conference will explore issues relevant to any professional health worker or volunteer working with new families in the first years of their baby’s life. Topics include practical strategies for supporting parents with infantsleep
ABOUT TRACY CASSELS, PHD About Tracy Cassels, PhD. Tracy Cassels, PhD is the director of Evolutionary Parenting, a resource she founded in 2011 after the birth of her daughter Maddy. It began whilst she was in graduate school and has continued and grown as she completed her PhD and moved towards more direct work with parents and families. She has a B.A. inCognitive
ROUTINES VS. SCHEDULES Routines are simply the behaviours we enact in the same order each time we assume an activity. For many families, they will have full daytime routines and bedtime (or napping) routines. So if your regular course of action is that you wake up, get dressed, get the kids dressed, get breakfast, go to the park, go to the library, have lunch,nap
4 STEPS TO HELP WITH BABY’S TRANSITION TO A NEW CAREGIVER Transitioning to a new caregiver can be hard for everyone involved. If you have the time to transition slowly, these four steps can help avoid dreaded crying fits when you leave and help your child remain secure and comfortable. “I’M AN OVERLY-EDUCATED STAY-AT-HOME MOM” Last week I was at a party with my daughter for a friend’s daughter. We were classmates together in graduate school, obtaining our M.A.s in Clinical Psychology together and while I switched over to the Developmental program for my Ph.D., she stayed in Clinical for a couple years before leaving the program when she had her first child. THE BENEFITS OF LOGICAL CONSEQUENCES By Tracy G. Cassels. I’m a big fan of natural consequences. But sometimes natural just doesn’t do it – like when my daughter decides to throw her toys at me – sure, she sees me sad and I will not play with her, but that doesn’t quite seem to curb it, especially when she’s angry and threw it in order to hurt me. Now before anyone goes calling her a brat, let me remind you she’s 3 “MY CHILD WON’T LET ME COMFORT!” Every negative thought you have of yourself as a parent is rushing forward like water after a dam breaks. You look at this child – this love of your life – who is in pain and struggling and you so want to help, but she won’t let you and of course the only reason that comes to mind is that you have failed somehow. You have done something wrong, so wrong that she refuses to allow herself BEDSHARING AND LATER MENTAL HEALTH: CAUSE FOR CONCERN OR Sometimes older articles make the rounds and one from 2017 has been featuring online in the circles I’m in. The article – Mother-child bed-sharing trajectories and psychiatric disorders at the age of 6 years in the Journal of Affective Disorders – examined the question of how bedsharing may impact child mental health. The conclusions suggested that persistent bedsharing and early-only GUEST POST: THE GENTLE AFRICAN WAY TO YOUR BABY SLEEPING Many of you know the very viral piece "Why African Babies Don't Cry: An African Perspective". Well, here I present a guest article by the same author, the very talented JC Niala, on sleeping from her very unique, personal history as an African-British woman. PROVING THE RISK OF HARM IN EARLY SLEEP TRAINING has me hearing choirs, seeing the clouds part, and sun shining down (and I live in Vancouver, BC so it’s not something I see very often) over finally seeing someone address the issue of sleep training in young children by summarizing ALL the research (albeit only until six months of age). For so long, so much of the discussion has been based on us not actually knowing what the summary is SLEEP INTO SUMMER SALE sleep into summer sale Tracy Cassels, PhD 2021-06-06T13:38:43-04:00. Close product quick view ×. © Copyright 2011 - Tracy Cassels, PhD • All Rights ReservedEP PODCAST EP 25
EP Podcast ep 25 | Evolutionary Parenting | Where History “I’M AN OVERLY-EDUCATED STAY-AT-HOME MOM” Last week I was at a party with my daughter for a friend’s daughter. We were classmates together in graduate school, obtaining our M.A.s in Clinical Psychology together and while I switched over to the Developmental program for my Ph.D., she stayed in Clinical for a couple years before leaving the program when she had her first child. MY PROBLEMS WITH RIE My Problems with RIE. Many people subscribe to the RIE theory of raising children espoused most famously by Magda Gerber, currently popularized by individuals like Janet Lansbury. Standing for “Resources for Infant Educarers”, RIE is a philosophy that focuses on respect of a child as an independent person that we must observe inorder to
STRESS-RELEASE CRYING [Additional note: Stress-release crying is VERY different from crying-in-arms when a parent is refusing to meet a specific need, like a feed. If you are actively avoiding providing your child with the type of response that calm your baby then we don’t know if the being “in arms” is actually reducing the stress. We hope it does minimize it because there is a level of comfort there, but DOES FORMAL EDUCATION MAKE YOU SMARTER? Does formal education make you smarter? It’s a question that many people actually assume an answer to, namely that of course it does! It’s why we have schools and formal education, right? It’s why we go on to get various degrees, right? Eh Not so fast. Although people have often assumed that the more you BEDSHARING AND SIDS: THE WHOLE TRUTH ).). It is this evidence that has lead agencies such as the American Academy of Pediatrics to have an official policy against bedsharing. And yet, despite what could be seen as overwhelming evidence, many people, myself included, read these articles andremained skeptical
SLEEP: A MISGUIDED AND UNHEALTHY OBSESSION – commonly defined by night wakings in infancy and then night wakings and bedtime resistance in childhood. Oddly, even when a “disorder” is given, it’s typically the parents who have a problem with infant sleep, not the infant. Studies looking at infant sleep found that parents didn’t think their children or infants showed signs of sleep deprivation at all, but that their child REASONS TODDLERS WAKE (AND SOMETIMES CRY) AT NIGHT Many parents who expect and accept their babies waking and crying end up frustrated when this stage doesn't magically pass in toddlerhood. Here are some of the many reasons toddlers wake and cry at night (and why they are deserving of our responsiveness too). HOW LIBERAL FEMINISM AND PATRIARCHY WORK TOGETHER TO Liberal feminism hasn’t disavowed us of this notion, instead it has decided to roll with it. Instead of arguing against the notion that monetary output is the be-all and end-all of society, of the family, of success, it simply has said, “Us women can enter that game andwin at it too.”
EVOLUTIONARY PARENTING Speakers include Dr. Helen Ball, Sarah Ockwell-Smith, Dr. Greer Kirshenbaum, Dr. Levita D’Souza, and more. This conference will explore issues relevant to any professional health worker or volunteer working with new families in the first years of their baby’s life. Topics include practical strategies for supporting parents with infantsleep
ABOUT TRACY CASSELS, PHD About Tracy Cassels, PhD. Tracy Cassels, PhD is the director of Evolutionary Parenting, a resource she founded in 2011 after the birth of her daughter Maddy. It began whilst she was in graduate school and has continued and grown as she completed her PhD and moved towards more direct work with parents and families. She has a B.A. inCognitive
ROUTINES VS. SCHEDULES Routines are simply the behaviours we enact in the same order each time we assume an activity. For many families, they will have full daytime routines and bedtime (or napping) routines. So if your regular course of action is that you wake up, get dressed, get the kids dressed, get breakfast, go to the park, go to the library, have lunch,nap
4 STEPS TO HELP WITH BABY’S TRANSITION TO A NEW CAREGIVER Transitioning to a new caregiver can be hard for everyone involved. If you have the time to transition slowly, these four steps can help avoid dreaded crying fits when you leave and help your child remain secure and comfortable. “I’M AN OVERLY-EDUCATED STAY-AT-HOME MOM” Last week I was at a party with my daughter for a friend’s daughter. We were classmates together in graduate school, obtaining our M.A.s in Clinical Psychology together and while I switched over to the Developmental program for my Ph.D., she stayed in Clinical for a couple years before leaving the program when she had her first child. THE BENEFITS OF LOGICAL CONSEQUENCES By Tracy G. Cassels. I’m a big fan of natural consequences. But sometimes natural just doesn’t do it – like when my daughter decides to throw her toys at me – sure, she sees me sad and I will not play with her, but that doesn’t quite seem to curb it, especially when she’s angry and threw it in order to hurt me. Now before anyone goes calling her a brat, let me remind you she’s 3 “MY CHILD WON’T LET ME COMFORT!” Every negative thought you have of yourself as a parent is rushing forward like water after a dam breaks. You look at this child – this love of your life – who is in pain and struggling and you so want to help, but she won’t let you and of course the only reason that comes to mind is that you have failed somehow. You have done something wrong, so wrong that she refuses to allow herself BEDSHARING AND LATER MENTAL HEALTH: CAUSE FOR CONCERN OR Sometimes older articles make the rounds and one from 2017 has been featuring online in the circles I’m in. The article – Mother-child bed-sharing trajectories and psychiatric disorders at the age of 6 years in the Journal of Affective Disorders – examined the question of how bedsharing may impact child mental health. The conclusions suggested that persistent bedsharing and early-only GUEST POST: THE GENTLE AFRICAN WAY TO YOUR BABY SLEEPING Many of you know the very viral piece "Why African Babies Don't Cry: An African Perspective". Well, here I present a guest article by the same author, the very talented JC Niala, on sleeping from her very unique, personal history as an African-British woman. PROVING THE RISK OF HARM IN EARLY SLEEP TRAINING has me hearing choirs, seeing the clouds part, and sun shining down (and I live in Vancouver, BC so it’s not something I see very often) over finally seeing someone address the issue of sleep training in young children by summarizing ALL the research (albeit only until six months of age). For so long, so much of the discussion has been based on us not actually knowing what the summary is EVOLUTIONARY PARENTING Speakers include Dr. Helen Ball, Sarah Ockwell-Smith, Dr. Greer Kirshenbaum, Dr. Levita D’Souza, and more. This conference will explore issues relevant to any professional health worker or volunteer working with new families in the first years of their baby’s life. Topics include practical strategies for supporting parents with infantsleep
ABOUT TRACY CASSELS, PHD About Tracy Cassels, PhD. Tracy Cassels, PhD is the director of Evolutionary Parenting, a resource she founded in 2011 after the birth of her daughter Maddy. It began whilst she was in graduate school and has continued and grown as she completed her PhD and moved towards more direct work with parents and families. She has a B.A. inCognitive
ROUTINES VS. SCHEDULES Routines are simply the behaviours we enact in the same order each time we assume an activity. For many families, they will have full daytime routines and bedtime (or napping) routines. So if your regular course of action is that you wake up, get dressed, get the kids dressed, get breakfast, go to the park, go to the library, have lunch,nap
4 STEPS TO HELP WITH BABY’S TRANSITION TO A NEW CAREGIVER Transitioning to a new caregiver can be hard for everyone involved. If you have the time to transition slowly, these four steps can help avoid dreaded crying fits when you leave and help your child remain secure and comfortable. “I’M AN OVERLY-EDUCATED STAY-AT-HOME MOM” Last week I was at a party with my daughter for a friend’s daughter. We were classmates together in graduate school, obtaining our M.A.s in Clinical Psychology together and while I switched over to the Developmental program for my Ph.D., she stayed in Clinical for a couple years before leaving the program when she had her first child. THE BENEFITS OF LOGICAL CONSEQUENCES By Tracy G. Cassels. I’m a big fan of natural consequences. But sometimes natural just doesn’t do it – like when my daughter decides to throw her toys at me – sure, she sees me sad and I will not play with her, but that doesn’t quite seem to curb it, especially when she’s angry and threw it in order to hurt me. Now before anyone goes calling her a brat, let me remind you she’s 3 “MY CHILD WON’T LET ME COMFORT!” Every negative thought you have of yourself as a parent is rushing forward like water after a dam breaks. You look at this child – this love of your life – who is in pain and struggling and you so want to help, but she won’t let you and of course the only reason that comes to mind is that you have failed somehow. You have done something wrong, so wrong that she refuses to allow herself BEDSHARING AND LATER MENTAL HEALTH: CAUSE FOR CONCERN OR Sometimes older articles make the rounds and one from 2017 has been featuring online in the circles I’m in. The article – Mother-child bed-sharing trajectories and psychiatric disorders at the age of 6 years in the Journal of Affective Disorders – examined the question of how bedsharing may impact child mental health. The conclusions suggested that persistent bedsharing and early-only GUEST POST: THE GENTLE AFRICAN WAY TO YOUR BABY SLEEPING Many of you know the very viral piece "Why African Babies Don't Cry: An African Perspective". Well, here I present a guest article by the same author, the very talented JC Niala, on sleeping from her very unique, personal history as an African-British woman. PROVING THE RISK OF HARM IN EARLY SLEEP TRAINING has me hearing choirs, seeing the clouds part, and sun shining down (and I live in Vancouver, BC so it’s not something I see very often) over finally seeing someone address the issue of sleep training in young children by summarizing ALL the research (albeit only until six months of age). For so long, so much of the discussion has been based on us not actually knowing what the summary is SLEEP INTO SUMMER SALE sleep into summer sale Tracy Cassels, PhD 2021-06-06T13:38:43-04:00. Close product quick view ×. © Copyright 2011 - Tracy Cassels, PhD • All Rights ReservedEP PODCAST EP 25
EP Podcast ep 25 | Evolutionary Parenting | Where History “I’M AN OVERLY-EDUCATED STAY-AT-HOME MOM” Last week I was at a party with my daughter for a friend’s daughter. We were classmates together in graduate school, obtaining our M.A.s in Clinical Psychology together and while I switched over to the Developmental program for my Ph.D., she stayed in Clinical for a couple years before leaving the program when she had her first child. MY PROBLEMS WITH RIE My Problems with RIE. Many people subscribe to the RIE theory of raising children espoused most famously by Magda Gerber, currently popularized by individuals like Janet Lansbury. Standing for “Resources for Infant Educarers”, RIE is a philosophy that focuses on respect of a child as an independent person that we must observe inorder to
STRESS-RELEASE CRYING [Additional note: Stress-release crying is VERY different from crying-in-arms when a parent is refusing to meet a specific need, like a feed. If you are actively avoiding providing your child with the type of response that calm your baby then we don’t know if the being “in arms” is actually reducing the stress. We hope it does minimize it because there is a level of comfort there, but DOES FORMAL EDUCATION MAKE YOU SMARTER? Does formal education make you smarter? It’s a question that many people actually assume an answer to, namely that of course it does! It’s why we have schools and formal education, right? It’s why we go on to get various degrees, right? Eh Not so fast. Although people have often assumed that the more you BEDSHARING AND SIDS: THE WHOLE TRUTH ).). It is this evidence that has lead agencies such as the American Academy of Pediatrics to have an official policy against bedsharing. And yet, despite what could be seen as overwhelming evidence, many people, myself included, read these articles andremained skeptical
SLEEP: A MISGUIDED AND UNHEALTHY OBSESSION – commonly defined by night wakings in infancy and then night wakings and bedtime resistance in childhood. Oddly, even when a “disorder” is given, it’s typically the parents who have a problem with infant sleep, not the infant. Studies looking at infant sleep found that parents didn’t think their children or infants showed signs of sleep deprivation at all, but that their child REASONS TODDLERS WAKE (AND SOMETIMES CRY) AT NIGHT Many parents who expect and accept their babies waking and crying end up frustrated when this stage doesn't magically pass in toddlerhood. Here are some of the many reasons toddlers wake and cry at night (and why they are deserving of our responsiveness too). HOW LIBERAL FEMINISM AND PATRIARCHY WORK TOGETHER TO Liberal feminism hasn’t disavowed us of this notion, instead it has decided to roll with it. Instead of arguing against the notion that monetary output is the be-all and end-all of society, of the family, of success, it simply has said, “Us women can enter that game andwin at it too.”
EVOLUTIONARY PARENTING Speakers include Dr. Helen Ball, Sarah Ockwell-Smith, Dr. Greer Kirshenbaum, Dr. Levita D’Souza, and more. This conference will explore issues relevant to any professional health worker or volunteer working with new families in the first years of their baby’s life. Topics include practical strategies for supporting parents with infantsleep
ABOUT TRACY CASSELS, PHD About Tracy Cassels, PhD. Tracy Cassels, PhD is the director of Evolutionary Parenting, a resource she founded in 2011 after the birth of her daughter Maddy. It began whilst she was in graduate school and has continued and grown as she completed her PhD and moved towards more direct work with parents and families. She has a B.A. inCognitive
ROUTINES VS. SCHEDULES Routines are simply the behaviours we enact in the same order each time we assume an activity. For many families, they will have full daytime routines and bedtime (or napping) routines. So if your regular course of action is that you wake up, get dressed, get the kids dressed, get breakfast, go to the park, go to the library, have lunch,nap
4 STEPS TO HELP WITH BABY’S TRANSITION TO A NEW CAREGIVER Transitioning to a new caregiver can be hard for everyone involved. If you have the time to transition slowly, these four steps can help avoid dreaded crying fits when you leave and help your child remain secure and comfortable. STRESS-RELEASE CRYING [Additional note: Stress-release crying is VERY different from crying-in-arms when a parent is refusing to meet a specific need, like a feed. If you are actively avoiding providing your child with the type of response that calm your baby then we don’t know if the being “in arms” is actually reducing the stress. We hope it does minimize it because there is a level of comfort there, but “MY CHILD WON’T LET ME COMFORT!” Every negative thought you have of yourself as a parent is rushing forward like water after a dam breaks. You look at this child – this love of your life – who is in pain and struggling and you so want to help, but she won’t let you and of course the only reason that comes to mind is that you have failed somehow. You have done something wrong, so wrong that she refuses to allow herself IS "RESPONSIVE SETTLING" EFFECTIVE AND RESPONSIVE A new study in Early Human Development claims that “responsive settling” helps increase infant sleep without the associated stress (for parent and child) of traditional extinction methods. The research was spearheaded by Dr. Wendy Middlemiss, who is known for earlier research looking at mother-child synchrony and infant PROVING THE RISK OF HARM IN EARLY SLEEP TRAINING has me hearing choirs, seeing the clouds part, and sun shining down (and I live in Vancouver, BC so it’s not something I see very often) over finally seeing someone address the issue of sleep training in young children by summarizing ALL the research (albeit only until six months of age). For so long, so much of the discussion has been based on us not actually knowing what the summary is GUEST POST: THE GENTLE AFRICAN WAY TO YOUR BABY SLEEPING Many of you know the very viral piece "Why African Babies Don't Cry: An African Perspective". Well, here I present a guest article by the same author, the very talented JC Niala, on sleeping from her very unique, personal history as an African-British woman. HELPING KIDS FIND ALTERNATIVES TO “THE TANTRUM The following videos and text are different, but complimentary. That is, the text that follows is NOT a copy of the text in the videos. Recently, I received a question from a parent to the tune of, “What are the alternatives to a tantrum that you teach EVOLUTIONARY PARENTING Speakers include Dr. Helen Ball, Sarah Ockwell-Smith, Dr. Greer Kirshenbaum, Dr. Levita D’Souza, and more. This conference will explore issues relevant to any professional health worker or volunteer working with new families in the first years of their baby’s life. Topics include practical strategies for supporting parents with infantsleep
ABOUT TRACY CASSELS, PHD About Tracy Cassels, PhD. Tracy Cassels, PhD is the director of Evolutionary Parenting, a resource she founded in 2011 after the birth of her daughter Maddy. It began whilst she was in graduate school and has continued and grown as she completed her PhD and moved towards more direct work with parents and families. She has a B.A. inCognitive
ROUTINES VS. SCHEDULES Routines are simply the behaviours we enact in the same order each time we assume an activity. For many families, they will have full daytime routines and bedtime (or napping) routines. So if your regular course of action is that you wake up, get dressed, get the kids dressed, get breakfast, go to the park, go to the library, have lunch,nap
4 STEPS TO HELP WITH BABY’S TRANSITION TO A NEW CAREGIVER Transitioning to a new caregiver can be hard for everyone involved. If you have the time to transition slowly, these four steps can help avoid dreaded crying fits when you leave and help your child remain secure and comfortable. STRESS-RELEASE CRYING [Additional note: Stress-release crying is VERY different from crying-in-arms when a parent is refusing to meet a specific need, like a feed. If you are actively avoiding providing your child with the type of response that calm your baby then we don’t know if the being “in arms” is actually reducing the stress. We hope it does minimize it because there is a level of comfort there, but “MY CHILD WON’T LET ME COMFORT!” Every negative thought you have of yourself as a parent is rushing forward like water after a dam breaks. You look at this child – this love of your life – who is in pain and struggling and you so want to help, but she won’t let you and of course the only reason that comes to mind is that you have failed somehow. You have done something wrong, so wrong that she refuses to allow herself IS "RESPONSIVE SETTLING" EFFECTIVE AND RESPONSIVE A new study in Early Human Development claims that “responsive settling” helps increase infant sleep without the associated stress (for parent and child) of traditional extinction methods. The research was spearheaded by Dr. Wendy Middlemiss, who is known for earlier research looking at mother-child synchrony and infant PROVING THE RISK OF HARM IN EARLY SLEEP TRAINING has me hearing choirs, seeing the clouds part, and sun shining down (and I live in Vancouver, BC so it’s not something I see very often) over finally seeing someone address the issue of sleep training in young children by summarizing ALL the research (albeit only until six months of age). For so long, so much of the discussion has been based on us not actually knowing what the summary is GUEST POST: THE GENTLE AFRICAN WAY TO YOUR BABY SLEEPING Many of you know the very viral piece "Why African Babies Don't Cry: An African Perspective". Well, here I present a guest article by the same author, the very talented JC Niala, on sleeping from her very unique, personal history as an African-British woman. HELPING KIDS FIND ALTERNATIVES TO “THE TANTRUM The following videos and text are different, but complimentary. That is, the text that follows is NOT a copy of the text in the videos. Recently, I received a question from a parent to the tune of, “What are the alternatives to a tantrum that you teach THE INDEPENDENT CHILD Tracy Cassels, PhD is the Director of Evolutionary Parenting, a science-based, attachment-oriented resource for families on a variety of parenting issues. In addition to her online resources, she offers one-on-one support to families around the world and is regularly asked to speak on a variety of issues from sleep to tantrums at conferences SLEEP INTO SUMMER SALE sleep into summer sale Tracy Cassels, PhD 2021-06-06T13:38:43-04:00. Close product quick view ×. © Copyright 2011 - Tracy Cassels, PhD • All Rights ReservedEP PODCAST EP 25
EP Podcast ep 25 | Evolutionary Parenting | Where History THE BREASTFEEDING INSTINCT .. Compare this to the breastfeeding behaviour found in many hospitals in today’s Western societies. At the end of a breastfeeding initiation program in Boston, 86.5% of women initiated breastfeeding and only 33.5% exclusively breastfed.. In Italy, only 85% of mothers initiated breastfeeding and only 19% were breastfeeding at 6 months (not exclusively either, just simple breastfeeding). OUR CHILDREN ARE NOT OUR EQUALS Equality Can Lead to Permissive Parenting . This is where many parents in the gentler communities sometimes see things differently. In a quest to respect our children and our belief that they are “equal” to us, we end up allowing a lot that may not be good for our kids, our relationship with them, or their ability to socialize in this world. BEDSHARING AND SIDS: THE WHOLE TRUTH ).). It is this evidence that has lead agencies such as the American Academy of Pediatrics to have an official policy against bedsharing. And yet, despite what could be seen as overwhelming evidence, many people, myself included, read these articles andremained skeptical
MY PROBLEMS WITH RIE My Problems with RIE. Many people subscribe to the RIE theory of raising children espoused most famously by Magda Gerber, currently popularized by individuals like Janet Lansbury. Standing for “Resources for Infant Educarers”, RIE is a philosophy that focuses on respect of a child as an independent person that we must observe inorder to
SLEEP: A MISGUIDED AND UNHEALTHY OBSESSION – commonly defined by night wakings in infancy and then night wakings and bedtime resistance in childhood. Oddly, even when a “disorder” is given, it’s typically the parents who have a problem with infant sleep, not the infant. Studies looking at infant sleep found that parents didn’t think their children or infants showed signs of sleep deprivation at all, but that their child DOES FORMAL EDUCATION MAKE YOU SMARTER? ), others believe it isn’t quite so clear cut. One of the problems with assuming that only including early IQ as a confound is that by not randomizing how much education one receives, there can be a reverse causality or confound. HELPING KIDS FIND ALTERNATIVES TO “THE TANTRUM Recently, I received a question from a parent to the tune of, “What are the alternatives to a tantrum that you teach your child?” It was a great question as I have spoken at length about the need to help our children find alternatives, yet had offered no alternatives (see this piece here).). In fairness, part of the reason I offer no concrete solutions (which you won’t see here either EVOLUTIONARY PARENTING Speakers include Dr. Helen Ball, Sarah Ockwell-Smith, Dr. Greer Kirshenbaum, Dr. Levita D’Souza, and more. This conference will explore issues relevant to any professional health worker or volunteer working with new families in the first years of their baby’s life. Topics include practical strategies for supporting parents with infantsleep
ABOUT TRACY CASSELS, PHD About Tracy Cassels, PhD. Tracy Cassels, PhD is the director of Evolutionary Parenting, a resource she founded in 2011 after the birth of her daughter Maddy. It began whilst she was in graduate school and has continued and grown as she completed her PhD and moved towards more direct work with parents and families. She has a B.A. inCognitive
THE INDEPENDENT CHILD Tracy Cassels, PhD is the Director of Evolutionary Parenting, a science-based, attachment-oriented resource for families on a variety of parenting issues. In addition to her online resources, she offers one-on-one support to families around the world and is regularly asked to speak on a variety of issues from sleep to tantrums at conferences ROUTINES VS. SCHEDULES Routines are simply the behaviours we enact in the same order each time we assume an activity. For many families, they will have full daytime routines and bedtime (or napping) routines. So if your regular course of action is that you wake up, get dressed, get the kids dressed, get breakfast, go to the park, go to the library, have lunch,nap
4 STEPS TO HELP WITH BABY’S TRANSITION TO A NEW CAREGIVER Transitioning to a new caregiver can be hard for everyone involved. If you have the time to transition slowly, these four steps can help avoid dreaded crying fits when you leave and help your child remain secure and comfortable. STRESS-RELEASE CRYING [Additional note: Stress-release crying is VERY different from crying-in-arms when a parent is refusing to meet a specific need, like a feed. If you are actively avoiding providing your child with the type of response that calm your baby then we don’t know if the being “in arms” is actually reducing the stress. We hope it does minimize it because there is a level of comfort there, but BEDSHARING AND LATER MENTAL HEALTH: CAUSE FOR CONCERN OR Sometimes older articles make the rounds and one from 2017 has been featuring online in the circles I’m in. The article – Mother-child bed-sharing trajectories and psychiatric disorders at the age of 6 years in the Journal of Affective Disorders – examined the question of how bedsharing may impact child mental health. The conclusions suggested that persistent bedsharing and early-only “MY CHILD WON’T LET ME COMFORT!” Every negative thought you have of yourself as a parent is rushing forward like water after a dam breaks. You look at this child – this love of your life – who is in pain and struggling and you so want to help, but she won’t let you and of course the only reason that comes to mind is that you have failed somehow. You have done something wrong, so wrong that she refuses to allow herself DOES FORMAL EDUCATION MAKE YOU SMARTER? Does formal education make you smarter? It’s a question that many people actually assume an answer to, namely that of course it does! It’s why we have schools and formal education, right? It’s why we go on to get various degrees, right? Eh Not so fast. Although people have often assumed that the more you THE BEDTIME PASS: GOOD OR BAD? Tracy Cassels, PhD tracy@evolutionaryparenting.com http://EvolutionaryParenting.com Page 3 of 3 bed. And that's okay. Just push bedtime a bit later and you may have a EVOLUTIONARY PARENTING Speakers include Dr. Helen Ball, Sarah Ockwell-Smith, Dr. Greer Kirshenbaum, Dr. Levita D’Souza, and more. This conference will explore issues relevant to any professional health worker or volunteer working with new families in the first years of their baby’s life. Topics include practical strategies for supporting parents with infantsleep
ABOUT TRACY CASSELS, PHD About Tracy Cassels, PhD. Tracy Cassels, PhD is the director of Evolutionary Parenting, a resource she founded in 2011 after the birth of her daughter Maddy. It began whilst she was in graduate school and has continued and grown as she completed her PhD and moved towards more direct work with parents and families. She has a B.A. inCognitive
THE INDEPENDENT CHILD Tracy Cassels, PhD is the Director of Evolutionary Parenting, a science-based, attachment-oriented resource for families on a variety of parenting issues. In addition to her online resources, she offers one-on-one support to families around the world and is regularly asked to speak on a variety of issues from sleep to tantrums at conferences ROUTINES VS. SCHEDULES Routines are simply the behaviours we enact in the same order each time we assume an activity. For many families, they will have full daytime routines and bedtime (or napping) routines. So if your regular course of action is that you wake up, get dressed, get the kids dressed, get breakfast, go to the park, go to the library, have lunch,nap
4 STEPS TO HELP WITH BABY’S TRANSITION TO A NEW CAREGIVER Transitioning to a new caregiver can be hard for everyone involved. If you have the time to transition slowly, these four steps can help avoid dreaded crying fits when you leave and help your child remain secure and comfortable. STRESS-RELEASE CRYING [Additional note: Stress-release crying is VERY different from crying-in-arms when a parent is refusing to meet a specific need, like a feed. If you are actively avoiding providing your child with the type of response that calm your baby then we don’t know if the being “in arms” is actually reducing the stress. We hope it does minimize it because there is a level of comfort there, but BEDSHARING AND LATER MENTAL HEALTH: CAUSE FOR CONCERN OR Sometimes older articles make the rounds and one from 2017 has been featuring online in the circles I’m in. The article – Mother-child bed-sharing trajectories and psychiatric disorders at the age of 6 years in the Journal of Affective Disorders – examined the question of how bedsharing may impact child mental health. The conclusions suggested that persistent bedsharing and early-only “MY CHILD WON’T LET ME COMFORT!” Every negative thought you have of yourself as a parent is rushing forward like water after a dam breaks. You look at this child – this love of your life – who is in pain and struggling and you so want to help, but she won’t let you and of course the only reason that comes to mind is that you have failed somehow. You have done something wrong, so wrong that she refuses to allow herself DOES FORMAL EDUCATION MAKE YOU SMARTER? Does formal education make you smarter? It’s a question that many people actually assume an answer to, namely that of course it does! It’s why we have schools and formal education, right? It’s why we go on to get various degrees, right? Eh Not so fast. Although people have often assumed that the more you THE BEDTIME PASS: GOOD OR BAD? Tracy Cassels, PhD tracy@evolutionaryparenting.com http://EvolutionaryParenting.com Page 3 of 3 bed. And that's okay. Just push bedtime a bit later and you may have a THE INDEPENDENT CHILD Tracy Cassels, PhD is the Director of Evolutionary Parenting, a science-based, attachment-oriented resource for families on a variety of parenting issues. In addition to her online resources, she offers one-on-one support to families around the world and is regularly asked to speak on a variety of issues from sleep to tantrums at conferences SLEEP INTO SUMMER SALE sleep into summer sale Tracy Cassels, PhD 2021-06-06T13:38:43-04:00. Close product quick view ×. © Copyright 2011 - Tracy Cassels, PhD • All Rights ReservedEP PODCAST EP 25
EP Podcast ep 25 | Evolutionary Parenting | Where History MY PROBLEMS WITH RIE My Problems with RIE. Many people subscribe to the RIE theory of raising children espoused most famously by Magda Gerber, currently popularized by individuals like Janet Lansbury. Standing for “Resources for Infant Educarers”, RIE is a philosophy that focuses on respect of a child as an independent person that we must observe inorder to
THE BENEFITS OF LOGICAL CONSEQUENCES By Tracy G. Cassels. I’m a big fan of natural consequences. But sometimes natural just doesn’t do it – like when my daughter decides to throw her toys at me – sure, she sees me sad and I will not play with her, but that doesn’t quite seem to curb it, especially when she’s angry and threw it in order to hurt me. Now before anyone goes calling her a brat, let me remind you she’s 3 BEDSHARING AND SIDS: THE WHOLE TRUTH ).). It is this evidence that has lead agencies such as the American Academy of Pediatrics to have an official policy against bedsharing. And yet, despite what could be seen as overwhelming evidence, many people, myself included, read these articles andremained skeptical
IS "RESPONSIVE SETTLING" EFFECTIVE AND RESPONSIVE A new study in Early Human Development claims that “responsive settling” helps increase infant sleep without the associated stress (for parent and child) of traditional extinction methods. The research was spearheaded by Dr. Wendy Middlemiss, who is known for earlier research looking at mother-child synchrony and infant CULTURE AND DISCIPLINE: IS HARSH DISCIPLINE EVER OKAY There is a push to see harsh discipline end in our Western culture. Articles and studies continue to find that this type of discipline is not only not helpful in the long-run in terms of socializing our children, but actually has some pretty clear negative effects too. SIX WAYS TO ALLOW YOUR CHILD TO BECOME A RESPONSIBLE ADULT Too many articles lately focusing on how we aren't harsh enough with our kids and that's why we have problem with today's generation. Here's my opinion on what's wrong with today via six things we should let our kids do if we want them to be responsible adults. PROVING THE RISK OF HARM IN EARLY SLEEP TRAINING has me hearing choirs, seeing the clouds part, and sun shining down (and I live in Vancouver, BC so it’s not something I see very often) over finally seeing someone address the issue of sleep training in young children by summarizing ALL the research (albeit only until six months of age). For so long, so much of the discussion has been based on us not actually knowing what the summary is EVOLUTIONARY PARENTING Speakers include Dr. Helen Ball, Sarah Ockwell-Smith, Dr. Greer Kirshenbaum, Dr. Levita D’Souza, and more. This conference will explore issues relevant to any professional health worker or volunteer working with new families in the first years of their baby’s life. Topics include practical strategies for supporting parents with infantsleep
ABOUT TRACY CASSELS, PHD About Tracy Cassels, PhD. Tracy Cassels, PhD is the director of Evolutionary Parenting, a resource she founded in 2011 after the birth of her daughter Maddy. It began whilst she was in graduate school and has continued and grown as she completed her PhD and moved towards more direct work with parents and families. She has a B.A. inCognitive
THE INDEPENDENT CHILD Tracy Cassels, PhD is the Director of Evolutionary Parenting, a science-based, attachment-oriented resource for families on a variety of parenting issues. In addition to her online resources, she offers one-on-one support to families around the world and is regularly asked to speak on a variety of issues from sleep to tantrums at conferences ROUTINES VS. SCHEDULES Routines are simply the behaviours we enact in the same order each time we assume an activity. For many families, they will have full daytime routines and bedtime (or napping) routines. So if your regular course of action is that you wake up, get dressed, get the kids dressed, get breakfast, go to the park, go to the library, have lunch,nap
4 STEPS TO HELP WITH BABY’S TRANSITION TO A NEW CAREGIVERADAPTING TO A NEW CULTUREADAPTING TO A NEW ENVIRONMENTADAPTING TO THE ENVIRONMENTANIMALS ADAPTING TO ENVIRONMENTEXAMPLES OF ADAPTING TOENVIRONMENT
Transitioning to a new caregiver can be hard for everyone involved. If you have the time to transition slowly, these four steps can help avoid dreaded crying fits when you leave and help your child remain secure and comfortable. STRESS-RELEASE CRYING [Additional note: Stress-release crying is VERY different from crying-in-arms when a parent is refusing to meet a specific need, like a feed. If you are actively avoiding providing your child with the type of response that calm your baby then we don’t know if the being “in arms” is actually reducing the stress. We hope it does minimize it because there is a level of comfort there, but BEDSHARING AND LATER MENTAL HEALTH: CAUSE FOR CONCERN OR Sometimes older articles make the rounds and one from 2017 has been featuring online in the circles I’m in. The article – Mother-child bed-sharing trajectories and psychiatric disorders at the age of 6 years in the Journal of Affective Disorders – examined the question of how bedsharing may impact child mental health. The conclusions suggested that persistent bedsharing and early-only “MY CHILD WON’T LET ME COMFORT!” Every negative thought you have of yourself as a parent is rushing forward like water after a dam breaks. You look at this child – this love of your life – who is in pain and struggling and you so want to help, but she won’t let you and of course the only reason that comes to mind is that you have failed somehow. You have done something wrong, so wrong that she refuses to allow herself DOES FORMAL EDUCATION MAKE YOU SMARTER? Does formal education make you smarter? It’s a question that many people actually assume an answer to, namely that of course it does! It’s why we have schools and formal education, right? It’s why we go on to get various degrees, right? Eh Not so fast. Although people have often assumed that the more you THE BEDTIME PASS: GOOD OR BAD? Tracy Cassels, PhD tracy@evolutionaryparenting.com http://EvolutionaryParenting.com Page 3 of 3 bed. And that's okay. Just push bedtime a bit later and you may have a EVOLUTIONARY PARENTING Speakers include Dr. Helen Ball, Sarah Ockwell-Smith, Dr. Greer Kirshenbaum, Dr. Levita D’Souza, and more. This conference will explore issues relevant to any professional health worker or volunteer working with new families in the first years of their baby’s life. Topics include practical strategies for supporting parents with infantsleep
ABOUT TRACY CASSELS, PHD About Tracy Cassels, PhD. Tracy Cassels, PhD is the director of Evolutionary Parenting, a resource she founded in 2011 after the birth of her daughter Maddy. It began whilst she was in graduate school and has continued and grown as she completed her PhD and moved towards more direct work with parents and families. She has a B.A. inCognitive
THE INDEPENDENT CHILD Tracy Cassels, PhD is the Director of Evolutionary Parenting, a science-based, attachment-oriented resource for families on a variety of parenting issues. In addition to her online resources, she offers one-on-one support to families around the world and is regularly asked to speak on a variety of issues from sleep to tantrums at conferences ROUTINES VS. SCHEDULES Routines are simply the behaviours we enact in the same order each time we assume an activity. For many families, they will have full daytime routines and bedtime (or napping) routines. So if your regular course of action is that you wake up, get dressed, get the kids dressed, get breakfast, go to the park, go to the library, have lunch,nap
4 STEPS TO HELP WITH BABY’S TRANSITION TO A NEW CAREGIVERADAPTING TO A NEW CULTUREADAPTING TO A NEW ENVIRONMENTADAPTING TO THE ENVIRONMENTANIMALS ADAPTING TO ENVIRONMENTEXAMPLES OF ADAPTING TOENVIRONMENT
Transitioning to a new caregiver can be hard for everyone involved. If you have the time to transition slowly, these four steps can help avoid dreaded crying fits when you leave and help your child remain secure and comfortable. STRESS-RELEASE CRYING [Additional note: Stress-release crying is VERY different from crying-in-arms when a parent is refusing to meet a specific need, like a feed. If you are actively avoiding providing your child with the type of response that calm your baby then we don’t know if the being “in arms” is actually reducing the stress. We hope it does minimize it because there is a level of comfort there, but BEDSHARING AND LATER MENTAL HEALTH: CAUSE FOR CONCERN OR Sometimes older articles make the rounds and one from 2017 has been featuring online in the circles I’m in. The article – Mother-child bed-sharing trajectories and psychiatric disorders at the age of 6 years in the Journal of Affective Disorders – examined the question of how bedsharing may impact child mental health. The conclusions suggested that persistent bedsharing and early-only “MY CHILD WON’T LET ME COMFORT!” Every negative thought you have of yourself as a parent is rushing forward like water after a dam breaks. You look at this child – this love of your life – who is in pain and struggling and you so want to help, but she won’t let you and of course the only reason that comes to mind is that you have failed somehow. You have done something wrong, so wrong that she refuses to allow herself DOES FORMAL EDUCATION MAKE YOU SMARTER? Does formal education make you smarter? It’s a question that many people actually assume an answer to, namely that of course it does! It’s why we have schools and formal education, right? It’s why we go on to get various degrees, right? Eh Not so fast. Although people have often assumed that the more you THE BEDTIME PASS: GOOD OR BAD? Tracy Cassels, PhD tracy@evolutionaryparenting.com http://EvolutionaryParenting.com Page 3 of 3 bed. And that's okay. Just push bedtime a bit later and you may have a THE INDEPENDENT CHILD Tracy Cassels, PhD is the Director of Evolutionary Parenting, a science-based, attachment-oriented resource for families on a variety of parenting issues. In addition to her online resources, she offers one-on-one support to families around the world and is regularly asked to speak on a variety of issues from sleep to tantrums at conferencesEP PODCAST EP 25
EP Podcast ep 25 | Evolutionary Parenting | Where History CORD BLOOD: TO BANK OR NOT? With modern technology comes modern interventions and techniques that warrant further discussion. Especially when it comes to birth. Through discussion and research we have come to see the inherent risks and benefits of practices like caesarean sections or the use of drug interventions. Another area that is starting to receive a lot of discussion is cord blood banking. MY PROBLEMS WITH RIE My Problems with RIE. Many people subscribe to the RIE theory of raising children espoused most famously by Magda Gerber, currently popularized by individuals like Janet Lansbury. Standing for “Resources for Infant Educarers”, RIE is a philosophy that focuses on respect of a child as an independent person that we must observe inorder to
THE BENEFITS OF LOGICAL CONSEQUENCES By Tracy G. Cassels. I’m a big fan of natural consequences. But sometimes natural just doesn’t do it – like when my daughter decides to throw her toys at me – sure, she sees me sad and I will not play with her, but that doesn’t quite seem to curb it, especially when she’s angry and threw it in order to hurt me. Now before anyone goes calling her a brat, let me remind you she’s 3 BEDSHARING AND SIDS: THE WHOLE TRUTH ).). It is this evidence that has lead agencies such as the American Academy of Pediatrics to have an official policy against bedsharing. And yet, despite what could be seen as overwhelming evidence, many people, myself included, read these articles andremained skeptical
IS "RESPONSIVE SETTLING" EFFECTIVE AND RESPONSIVE A new study in Early Human Development claims that “responsive settling” helps increase infant sleep without the associated stress (for parent and child) of traditional extinction methods. The research was spearheaded by Dr. Wendy Middlemiss, who is known for earlier research looking at mother-child synchrony and infant PROVING THE RISK OF HARM IN EARLY SLEEP TRAINING has me hearing choirs, seeing the clouds part, and sun shining down (and I live in Vancouver, BC so it’s not something I see very often) over finally seeing someone address the issue of sleep training in young children by summarizing ALL the research (albeit only until six months of age). For so long, so much of the discussion has been based on us not actually knowing what the summary is SIX WAYS TO ALLOW YOUR CHILD TO BECOME A RESPONSIBLE ADULT Too many articles lately focusing on how we aren't harsh enough with our kids and that's why we have problem with today's generation. Here's my opinion on what's wrong with today via six things we should let our kids do if we want them to be responsible adults. GUEST POST: THE GENTLE AFRICAN WAY TO YOUR BABY SLEEPING Many of you know the very viral piece "Why African Babies Don't Cry: An African Perspective". Well, here I present a guest article by the same author, the very talented JC Niala, on sleeping from her very unique, personal history as an African-British woman.Skip to content
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Keep up to date on everything happening at Evolutionary Parenting. SLEEP COURSE STARTS JUNE 14TH! I am running my Back to Basics sleep course starting June 14th. Registration is open June 6th to June 11th. The course is also on sale until June 9th! You can read up on it or register HERE.
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CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT I am pleased to announce that I will be taking part in this year’s Broken Sleep Conference, organized by Breastfeeding Conferences Australia. Speakers include Dr. Helen Ball, Sarah Ockwell-Smith, Dr. Greer Kirshenbaum, Dr. Levita D’Souza, and more. This conference will explore issues relevant to any professional health worker or volunteer working with new families in the first years of their baby’s life. Topics include practical strategies for supporting parents with infant sleep and breastfeeding including effective communication with parents around infant sleep, factors influencing family sleep arrangements, and sleep patterns in breast and formula fed babies as well as reviewing the research around the biology of infant sleep in the context of modern culture. Early bird registration ends May 10th and the conference will be available online starting June 4th, 2021. Find out more and register HERE.
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WHAT IS EVOLUTIONARY PARENTING? In short: Understanding how we evolved to parent. The longer answer is that it is a philosophy surrounding parenting that involves biology, history, neuroscience, anthropology, and developmental psychology. We as humans have evolved in a particular manner, and the parent-child relationship is no different. Children, especially babies, expect certain behaviours from their caregivers and research is starting to understand both how deviations from these expectations affect child development and the bidirectional nature of the child-parent relationship. Of course, not all people can or want to parent our children based on their biology. In this realm, Evolutionary Parenting focuses on the idea that anytime we deviate from a known biological norm, we should have good reason and try to mimic biological processes as much as possible in order to minimize disruptions to later outcomes and child well-being. In addition to the philosophy, Evolutionary Parenting is about understanding and integrating research into our decision making process. In today’s day and age, there is almost too much information and too many choices for parents to make, meaning researching decisions could become a full-time job. Yet often what parents are told is “evidence-based” is lacking in good evidence, or the evidence that does exist only speaks to one outcome whilst ignoring others. Thus, summarizing and integrating research is an essential part of Evolutionary Parenting, with a clear focus on discussing the quality of individual pieces of research and how it aligns with the philosophy outlined above. You can read more on what is Evolutionary Parenting here.
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