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You Want "Well-Behaved" Children? Give Them Freedom and Respect
Having “well-behaved” children requires that we actually respect children, which, for the most part is not the American way of parenting or schooling
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What Would Kids Do If They Had a Say?
I doubt it would be 16,000 hours of schooling from age 5 to 18
Dec 2, 2025
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Cardi B and Bobbie Infant Formula Execs Are Harming Mother and Infant Health
Let’s Place the Shame Where it Belongs
Nov 5, 2025
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17 Books to Have On Your Bookshelf
Based on 20 years of researching food, health, nutrition, and breastfeeding
Oct 14, 2025
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The Timeframe Fallacy
And why nothing is "normal" in the modern context
Sep 25, 2025
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Biological Norms Are Not Up For Debate
Jul 23, 2025
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You Can't Clean-up Infant Formula
May 28, 2025
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Is Breastfeeding Hard? Or Are All The Odds Just Stacked Against You?
Jun 23, 2025
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Infant Formula is Risky
Jul 8, 2025
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Best Foods to Feed Kids
Based on on our ancestral past
Sep 12, 2025
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The “Mommy Wars” Hides the Truth
It is significant that the cultures having the greatest respect for life, for Mother Earth — such as the Maoris, the Pygmies, the Huichols — are also…
Sep 6, 2025
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Building Your Real Foods Pantry
And helping kids eat well without coercion
Aug 20, 2025
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The Rights of the Child
Amidst All the Talk of Feminism, Motherhood, & Capitalism One Thing is Missing
Aug 16, 2025
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What Are Baby’s Best First Foods?
Hint: It’s not rice cereal
Aug 11, 2025
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PAY WOMEN TO BREASTFEED
It’s time to put your money where your mouth is
Aug 6, 2025
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Biological Norms Are Not Up For Debate
Breastfeeding and Co-sleeping Are Not Opinions or Personal Preferences
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