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As NPR science correspondent Michaeleen Doucleff traveled globally with her young daughter, she discovered the oldest cultures in the world had mastered the art of raising happy, well-adjusted children, and had much to teach others. Without resorting to bribes, threats or chore charts, the adults in Maya families in Mexico, Inuit families above the Arctic Circle, and Hadzabe families in Tanzania seem to have developed an effective approach for teaching children emotional intelligence and self-control.
In this presentation and in her bestseller “Hunt, Gather, Parent,” Doucleff shares research conducted with psychologists, neuroscientists, anthropologists and sociologists and explains how parenting strategies built on cooperation instead of control, trust instead of fear and personalized needs instead of standardized development milestones can positively affect children’s mental health and development. Doucleff will discuss a universal parenting paradigm adapted for American families that helps protect young people from stress and anxiety.
Prior to joining NPR, Doucleff was an editor at the journal Cell, where she wrote about the science behind pop culture.