El arte perdido de educar : recuperar la sabiduría ancestral para criar pequeños seres humanos felices
(Book)

Translation of: Hunt, gather, parent: what ancient cultures can teach us about the lost art of raising happy, helpful little humans.

Includes bibliographical references.

"Las culturas m̀s antiguas del mundo siempre han dominado el arte de criar nįos felices y bien adaptados. ¿Qǔ podemos aprender de ellos? Una lectura obligatoria para las mam̀s y los pap̀s que buscan soluciones inteligentes y creativas a los problemas de crianza que m̀s nos preocupan y frustran. Despǔs de ser madre, la periodista cient̕fica Michaeleen Doucleff, curiosa por aprender acerca de m̌todos de crianza m̀s efectivos que los que actualmente practicamos en Occidente, decide visitar una aldea maya en la pen̕nsula de Yucat̀n. All̕ se encuentra con mam̀s y pap̀s que lo son de una manera totalmente diferente a la nuestra y que cr̕an nįos extraordinariamente amables, generosos y serviciales sin tenerles que gritar o regąar. Enseguida se da cuenta de que la mayor̕a de los grandes desaf̕os a los que nos enfrentamos los padres occidentales como inculcar amabilidad, empat̕a y confianza en los pequęos no resultan un problema en otras culturas. Pero, ¿qǔ m̀s nos estamos perdiendo de la sabidur̕a ancestral? Tras hacerse esta pregunta, la autora decide partir con su hija Rosy de tres ąos para aprender y practicar estrategias de crianza de distintas familias en tres de las comunidades m̀s venerables del mundo: los mayas en M̌xico, los inuit sobre el C̕rculo Polar ℓrtico y los hadzabe en Tanzania. Estas familias demuestran no tener los mismos problemas con los nįos que nosotros y logran construir una relaci̤n muy diferente con los pequęos que se basa en la cooperaci̤n en lugar del control, en la confianza en lugar del miedo y en las necesidades personalizadas en lugar del desarrollo estandarizado."--,Amazon.

"The oldest cultures in the world have mastered the art of raising happy, well-adjusted children. What can we learn from them? 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 Yucat̀n 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."--,Provided by publisher.

Text in Spanish, translated from the English.