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Against ‘natural’ parenting

24 mins | Jul 26, 2019
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And breathe - there is no ‘natural’ or ‘right’ way to bring up our children. Olga Mecking writing in Aeon asks why, if evolution and adaptability have brought us to where we are today do we still insist on raising the next generation as though we are in the Stone Age? Here, she suggests an altogether more progressive model.

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