MOTHERHOOD UNTIL YESTERDAY

MOTHERHOOD UNTIL YESTERDAY

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Kids Really Do Need to Play With Other Kids
And you are a crappy substitute. This isn’t just me being a lazy parent (which I am); it’s what the research shows.
 • Elena Bridgers
What Do Kids Under Three Really NEED From Adult Caregivers?
Hint: it’s not playing with toys together
 • Elena Bridgers
Mothers Did Not Play With Their Children For 99% of Human History
Why the absence of autonomous, multi-age playgroups makes parenting suck
 • Elena Bridgers
Eating Healthy With Kids Shouldn’t Be This Hard
The cards are stacked against us, but I’ve got some tips
 • Elena Bridgers
What Happens When Literally Everything Becomes “Labor”?
Sometimes I worry we no longer have time for the things that make us human
 • Elena Bridgers
For Most of Human History, Families Were Small
Ballerina-Farm-size families have only been a thing for the last 1% of our species' existance
 • Elena Bridgers
Affordable Childcare Without Paid Leave Is Dangerous
Why is the American political Left so unwilling to admit this basic truth?
 • Elena Bridgers
Are There Really More Male Geniuses? Or Are We Defining Intelligence Too Narrowly?
The Larry Summers debate is happening all over again (thanks to Helen Andrews) and I have thoughts
 • Elena Bridgers
Four Things I Learned from Jane Goodall
Here comes my most sentimental post of all time
 • Elena Bridgers
MOTHERHOOD UNTIL YESTERDAY
MOTHERHOOD UNTIL YESTERDAY
Exploring the science, evolution and culture of motherhood with a focus on how things were done for 95% of our existence as a species, back when we lived as hunter-gatherers.
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