Michaeleen Doucleff

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The oldest cultures in the world have mastered the art of raising happy, well-adjusted children. What can we learn from them? “Hunt, Gather, Parent is full of smart ideas that I immediately wanted to force on my own kids.” —Pamela Druckerman, The New York Times Book Review When Dr. Michaeleen Doucleff becomes a mother, she examines the studies behind modern parenting guidance and finds the evidence frustratingly limited and the conclusions often ineffective. Curious to learn about more effective parenting approaches, she visits a Maya village in the Yucatán Peninsula. There she encounters moms and dads who parent in a totally different way than we do—and raise extraordinarily kind, generous, and helpful children without yelling, nagging, or issuing timeouts. What else, Doucleff wonders, are Western parents missing out on? In Hunt, Gather, Parent, Doucleff sets out with her three-year-old daughter in tow to learn and practice parenting strategies from families in three of the world’s most venerable communities: Maya families in Mexico, Inuit families above the Arctic Circle, and Hadzabe families in Tanzania. She sees that these cultures don’t have the same problems with children that Western parents do. Most strikingly, parents build a relationship with young children that is vastly different from the one many Western parents develop—it’s built on cooperation instead of control, trust instead of fear, and personalized needs instead of standardized development milestones. Maya parents are masters at raising cooperative children. Without resorting to bribes, threats, or chore charts, Maya parents rear loyal helpers by including kids in household tasks from the time they can walk. Inuit parents have developed a remarkably effective approach for teaching children emotional intelligence. When kids cry, hit, or act out, Inuit parents respond with a calm, gentle demeanor that teaches children how to settle themselves down and think before acting. Hadzabe parents are world experts on raising confident, self-driven kids with a simple tool that protects children from stress and anxiety, so common now among American kids. Not only does Doucleff live with families and observe their techniques firsthand, she also applies them with her own daughter, with striking results. She learns to discipline without yelling. She talks to psychologists, neuroscientists, anthropologists, and sociologists and explains how these strategies can impact children’s mental health and development. Filled with practical takeaways that parents can implement immediately, Hunt, Gather, Parent helps us rethink the ways we relate to our children, and reveals a universal parenting paradigm adapted for American families.

What Ancient Cultures Can Teach Us About the Lost Art of Raising Happy, Helpful Little Humans

Hunt, Gather, Parent

Metsästäjä, keräilijä, kasvattaja 

Wat we van oude culturen kunnen leren over het opvoeden van blije, behulpzame kinderen

Jagen, verzamelen, opvoeden

In this ground-breaking book, Dr. Michaeleen Doucleff looks back to our ancestors for solutions to our failing modern-day parenting theories.

Hunt, Gather, Parent: What Ancient Cultures Can Teach Us about Raising Children

DAS Erziehungsbuch des Jahres In einer Welt, in der ein pädagogisches Überangebot die Norm ist, führt uns «Kindern mehr zutrauen» zu den Ursprüngen der Kindererziehung. Bei indigenen Völkern sucht die erfolgreiche amerikanische Journalistin Michaeleen Doucleff Antworten auf Fragen, die uns moderne Theorien oft nicht bieten. Nach der Geburt ihrer Tochter Rosy hatte Doucleff zahlreiche Erziehungsratgeber gelesen, die ihr jedoch nicht weiterhalfen. Bei der Recherche zu einem anderen Thema stieß sie auf Studien über Verhaltensweisen indigener Völker und fragte sich, wie die Kindererziehung dort aussieht und was wir von ihnen lernen können. Sie beschloss also, zusammen mit der dreijährigen Rosy einige Monate bei den Mayas, den Hazdas und den Inuits zu verbringen. Herausgekommen ist nicht nur ein faszinierender Bericht über ihre Erlebnisse dort, sondern ebenso eine alltagstaugliche Lebenshilfe mit zahlreichen Tipps, die auf unsere moderne Welt übertragbar sind. Doucleff verrät uns die oftmals erstaunlichen Erziehungsgeheimnisse dieser alten Kulturen und zeigt, wie auch wir unsere Kinder natürlich, gelassen und stressfrei begleiten können und wie aus kleinen Menschen selbstbewusste und selbstbestimmte große werden.

Erziehungsgeheimnisse indigener Kulturen. Stressfrei – gelassen – liebevoll

Kindern mehr zutrauen

Drawing on fresh neuroscience, Dopamine Kids reveals why our brains are overwhelmed by constant "dopamine surges", pushing both adults and children towards tech and snacks we don't even enjoy. Michaeleen Doucleff, PhD, bestselling author of Hunt, Gather, Parent, cuts through the myths and offers a straightforward five-step method to reset family habits. You'll learn how to set firm, workable boundaries; swap screen time for activities children actually want to do; remove everyday triggers; and build routines that boost mood, confidence and curiosity. The book concludes with a four-week plan for creating screen-free spaces that protect sleep, focus and real connection. A practical handbook for raising motivated, grounded kids and for helping families take back control in a world full of digital and dietary distractions.

How to raise happier and healthier kids in a world addicted to processed foods and screens

Dopamine Kids

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Nicole J. Crane

Steering clear of quantum mechanics and product operators, "Pocket Guide to Biomolecular NMR" uses intuitive, concrete analogies to explain the theory required to understand NMR studies on the structure and dynamics of biological macromolecules. For example, instead of explaining nuclear spin with angular momentum equations or Hamiltonians, the books describes nuclei as "bells" in a choir, ringing at specific frequencies depending on the atom type and their surrounding electromagnetic environment.This simple bell analogy, which is employed throughout the book, has never been used to explain NMR and makes it surprisingly easy to learn complex, bewildering NMR concepts, such as dipole-dipole coupling and CPMG pulse sequences. Other topics covered include the basics of multi-dimensional NMR, relaxation theory, and Model Free analysis. The small size and fast pace of “Pocket Guide to Biomolecular NMR” makes the book a perfect companion to traditional biophysics and biochemistry textbooks, but the book's unique perspective will provide even seasoned spectroscopists with new insights and handy “thought” short-cuts.

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