January 04, 2008
"Child raising in non-violent cultures."
There are perhaps many reasons for the varying expressions of violence in different cultures, from historic patterns to genetic propensities to economic influences. But whatever the predisposing factors are, there seem to also be some characteristic child rearing practices common to most of the known non-violent cultures.
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I read this. Did I miss the part where she gives an example of some of these nonviolent cultures, or some sort of explanation about how they are measurably less violent?
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I think there's a consistency of culture there which doesn't exist in the US, at least, today. My guess is that those kids would be victims of aggression, here, today. I know that my daughter was, 30 years ago, in Oklahoma, when she expected to be treated as I had treated her at home. The children there were remorsless. It's an interesting report, but I'm not sure that it can stretch to modern, western society.
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Did I miss the part where she gives an example of some of these nonviolent cultures Well, there's the "most of the article" part, which mentions the New Guinea Mountain Arapesh, the Fore of New Guinea, the Mbuti of Zaire, and the !Kung Bushmen of southwest Africa. While I agree that the article is lacking in detail and non-anecdotal evidence, it's certainly food for thought. And really, blind "show me the beef" snark is pretty lame, and indicates at least as much laziness on your part as you want to find in the article. p.s. on the other hand, thanks for the thoughtful approach, path.
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And your last FPP was excellent, absalom.
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It seems like some of the practices identified in the article are reflected in attachment parenting.
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It does, indeed.