What Are We Teaching Our Children?
When you think of instilling your child with kindness and empathy, do you think about the various ways we inhibit this development in modern parenting?
Male circumcision like vaccination? Um… no.
Circumcision fetishist and advocate claims that male circumcision should be considered on par with childhood vaccination. Actual data disagrees.
Where Would You Be Safest Giving Birth? Hint: Not the USA
Where would you rather give birth - in the USA or Albania? Most of you would probably say the USA yet your chances of survival would then be lower. Yes, you as a mother are more likely to die from childbirth-related problems in the USA than Albania. Does that surprise you?
Bedsharing on the Rise. Everyone Panics.
USA Today published a piece this weekend condemning bedsharing, but did they really look at the whole picture? Once again, are we fear-mongering instead of offering real education?
Video: Do You Know Why You’re Circumcised?
Do you believe you're circumcised because it's "cleaner" or "safer" or "healthier"? Try again. The answer may surprise you.
Bedsharing: Risks and Realities
The myth (yes myth!) is that bedsharing is inherently dangerous. But what if we looked at every single bedsharing death? What would we find then?
Setting Boundaries
Setting boundaries is one of the more difficult things we do as parents. Not only because it's hard to say no to those we love, but also because it's complicated to know what constitutes a healthy boundary and what is unhealthy for our kids.
Evolution, Crying, and the Fallacy of a Different Environment
I hear people argue all the time that we don't need to be as responsive to our children because there aren't wild animals anymore. We couldn't be looking at the issue any more wrong if we tried.
Infant Night Waking as Evolutionary Manipulation?
Dr. Haig suggests infant night waking is an evolutionary trick for babies to increase mom's postpartum amenorrhea and suggests sleep training is therefore okay. But is this the whole story?
Creating “Bad” Habits?
Used to being told you're creating "bad habits" by doing things like nurse your child to sleep or respond to their cries? If so, this post is for you - I won't tell you to change these behaviours, but rather to look at them as they are: biologically normal.