Hunt, Gather, Parent: What Ancient Cultures Can Teach Us About the Lost Art of Raising Happy, Helpful Little Humans

by Michaeleen Doucleff

Acknowledge it in some way, either by trying it, incorporating it into your activity, nodding your head, or saying, “We can.”

St. Josephine Bakhita would be a great saint for this!

“Kian

This was almost my name. But I turned out to be a girl.

In Western culture, Batja says, parents often give children’s anger and misbehavior a large amount of attention. We engage with a misbehaving child, ask them questions, and issue demands.

This, and not guns, is our current problem.