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Darcia Narvaez, PhD
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The Evolved Nest: A Partnership System that Fosters Child and Societal Wellbeing
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ABSTRACT:
Although most people want children to thrive, many adults in industrialized nations have forgotten what that means and how to foster thriving. We review the nature and effects of the evolved developmental system for human offspring, a partnership system that fosters every kind of wellbeing. The environment and the type of care received, particularly in early life, shape neurobiological process that give rise to social and moral capacities. A deep view of history sheds light on converging evidence from the fields of neuroscience, developmental psychology, epigenetics, and ethnographic research that depicts how sociomoral capacities are not hardwired but are biosocially constructed. The Evolved Nest is the ecological system of care that potentiates both physical and psychological thriving, the foundations of cooperative and egalitarian societies. Deprivation of the evolved nest thwarts human development, resulting in sub-optimal, species-atypical outcomes of illbeing, high stress reactivity, dysregulation, and limited sociomoral capabilities. Utilizing a wider lens that incorporates humanity’s deep ancestral history, it becomes clear that deprivation of the evolved nest cuts against the development of human nature and humanity’s cultural heritage. Returning to providing the evolved nest to families and communities holds the potential to revise contemporary understandings of wellbeing and human nature. It can expand current metrics of wellness, beyond resilience to optimization.
ABOUT: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies (IJPS) shares scholarship and creates connections for cultural transformation to build a world in which all relationships, institutions, policies and organizations are based on principles of partnership.
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Psychology Today's Moral Landscapes Blog
I write typically about research findings related to moral functioning and living a good life. Sometimes I muse on things that I puzzle about (politics). I am very concerned about how much our society doesn't seem to know about how to raise good, healthy and happy children, so I spend a great deal of time on parenting. I also write about things that I am working on myself--the endless quest for virtue! This is an opinion blog, not a set of research articles, intended for the public not scientists. For more nuanced and highly referenced work, look at my academic work.
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Respecting Babies and Young Children
What is the best childcare in an individualistic, industrialized society?
Alexa: A Good Member of the Family?
Smart speakers and personal assistants are becoming ubiquitous.
How to Respect a Baby Through Positive Touch
How do we optimize a young child’s capacities? RIE offers a way
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The Evolved Nest's YouTube Channel
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The Evolved Nest Podcast Series is now on YouTube!
Discover The Evolved Nest Podcast Series now available on our Youtube channel! Additionally, audio downloads are available on the website
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Discover The Evolved Nest
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The Evolved Nest has been integral to 99% of human genus history and provides a baseline for optimizing normal development. Here are more details about the importance of each of these
Components of The Evolved Nest:
Check out our new Components Resources page - in progress - for organizations that support each component
here
. Let us know if you want us to add a resource by emailing us at evolvednestinitiative@gmail.com.
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Read more about the components of The Evolved Nest
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Fresh Eyes on the Evolved Nest
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Follow the Fresh Eyes Series to discover how the next generation perceive the Evolved Nest and relate to children, before they become parents...
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Play: The Opposite of Pointless
By Kelly Burke
When children aren’t provided enough time for play, they tend to be more aggressive, less able to regulate their emotions, and less competent in social situations (Gray, 2013). They may suffer from chronic health problems such as obesity or mental health issues such as anxiety, ADHD, or depression (Roberts, 2019). Clearly, play holds a host of benefits that help children develop real-world skills, practice self-initiative, and fill their bodies with the “happy hormone”
oxytocin
(Roberts, 2019, p. 51). So, why does our society continue diminishing playtime available to children? Shouldn’t schools
want
their students to grow in these holistic, social ways, in addition to furthering their academic success? Shouldn’t parents
encourage
their kids to step away from technology and explore their imaginations?
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Brain-Based Parenting: Understand And Heal The Parent Brain
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What all child caregivers need to know
Learn the five domains of effective parenting in this article, as well as the
four kinds of blocked care that result from unmanageable stress.
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The Evolved Nest is an educational initiative of the award-winning nonprofit Kindred World.
Watch the video above for "all the feels" about what is possible when we remember and take action as the connected beings we are.
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