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THE question of 2017 is put to us succinctly in Darcia Narvaez's new essay:
Are We Raising Humans Or Fearful Reptiles? Is it too late? Have our brains become so effectively and systematically terrified, potentially stripped of our human capacity for critical thinking and compassionate action, that we turn over our will to the biggest authoritarian character around, a billionaire-reality-show-celebrity will do, and let HIM create our world for us?
Fortunately, that thought is not true for the majority of Americans or global citizens. B
ut there is little doubt of the severity of the arc toward social justice's pause a
t the moment. For example, Yale professor, Paul Bloom, would have us believe we should be
Against Empathy
in his new book of the same name. Contributing Editor, Robin Grille, brings in the real science of empathy and di
smantles Bloom's flawed academic argument in the Kindred exclusive below. Bloom's audacious advocacy for
our "cold reptilian brains" over
evolution's preferred empathy-informed intelligence provides stark evidence of how deep the roots of our cultural confusion go.
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It is to these roots and the need for
Cultural Composting that I speak in this month's editorial.
2017 is the Year of the Chinese Rooster, and for insight into our imminent cultural collapse I turn to a few former tenets on our family far
m: history shows roos
te
rs were discovered by warlords who groomed them for fighting pits over hundreds of years. When these former
champion cockfighters show up today in the form of jittery little guys set on disturbing the peace in humble backyard flocks they are recognized and pitied as "throwbacks" of patriarchy.
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ndless crowing, unwanted sexual advances on hens, taunting predators, unprovoked attacks and generally upsetting the peace...
while aggressive throwback roosters are pitied, in humans the same traits are clinically diagnosed as malignant narcissism." Is Trump a throwback human? Is 2017 the year patriarchy comes home to roost?
While backyard enthusiasts take out their markers and poster board to create ISO New Home signs, Trump resistance marchers take out their markers to show they will not be bullied and broken. Is it enough to resist the throwback forces that would destructively dismantle civilization? Or do we simultaneously need to call upon our rational imaginations to envision the world we want to create? How is this done if we have never experienced compassionate parenting? Sustainable living? A peaceful world?
In turning to our family farm for insight, another story emerges. After the coyotes moved in and took our last rooster a few years ago, a little hen answered the call of her flock to serve the greater good. Through the innate intelligence of The Blueprint, she grew a comb, green tail feathers and learned to crow to defend her community. Poultry farmers know of this "henster" phenomenon well. Now, just imagine what humans can and are doing right now as they also answer this call to serve the planetary greater good.
How will Throwback Trump's policies affect American families on a practical note? We've added a Politics column to the
Conscious Parenting News
e-newspaper to help you find out. (CPN is a sister initiative of Kindred's parent nonprofit,
Families for Conscious Living
.) Kindred also features a selection of articles exploring the relationship of attachment, conscious parenting and Throwback Trump here.
Enjoy Cultural Composting In The Year Of The Chinese Rooster, and my personal cheat sheet for Cultural Gardening and Composting within myself at the bottom of the article. I look forward to hearing about your own tips for consciousness farming as we enter the rebirth of our Northern Hemisphere this spring!
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The Science Of Empathy Is Evolving, But For The Better?
By Robin Grille
Empathy can easily be confused with something else which at first might look like empathy, but is in fact entirely different: it is called enmeshment.
In a new book and You Tube lecture entitled
Against Empathy: the Case for Rational Compassion, Yale professor Paul Bloom argues that if, for instance, his son is anxious and comes to him for help, he would hardly be helpful as a father if he sank into his own anxiety along with him. As the son of an over-concerned Jewish mother, I get what he is talking about! But when we absorb another person's pain to the point that we have made it our own, we can no longer call that empathy.
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How Can We Nurture Male Brains? What Happens When We Don't?
By Darcia Narvaez, PhD
This is a three part series:
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The Blueprint: Our Unifying Field's Potential for Connection and Wholeness
In this unique video interview with internationally renown baby whisperer, Ray Castellino, viewers discover the "Blueprint" or the unifying field we all carry within us as a "reference point" for returning home to ourselves, especially after trauma, or just the daily experience of living in an industrial culture. Castellino begins by moving into the broader understanding of the Blueprint, with its natural resonances and rhythms, and how this awareness supports parents wishing to connect with their babies, especially babies who are finding challenges in birth recovery or breastfeeding. The insights Castellino presents are profound, but practical.
Watch the video here.
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Kindred Partners With CEPP, Childhood Early Parenting Principles, In Global Network
Kindred is proud to welcome to its Pioneering Partners the new
CEPP initiative, a global network of conscious parenting organizations supporting the creation of parenting principles reflecting the best attachment and bonding science. CEPPs was welcomed to the United Nations by its then Secretary General, Ban-Ki Mon, last year and has worked with international groups in a "top down" capacity to exchange ideas and program insights with an eager network of countries. Kindred is delighted to join this round table organization and to contribute to its empowering vision of connecting the top-down international connections to ground up grassroots organizations and people. Please take a look at their website and encourage your own professional organizations to join and support their needed work.
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Kindred Welcomes New Partner And Syndication With The Daily Good
Kindred welcomes its new Pioneering Partner this month, the Daily Good, an inspiration news source since 1998. The Daily Good's Facebook page features over half a million followers. Through sharing our contributors articles in syndication with the Daily Good, the New Story of Childhood, Parenthood and the Human family is reaching a wider, and like-minded audience, one committed to peaceful living on a healthy planet.
Visit the Daily Good and listen to our artist-in-residence, Daniel Sperry, aka Cello Man, and his poem "Shoulders" created for Kindred readers
here. You can also read Robin Grille's latest post
here.
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March Is Birth Psychology Month! Celebrate With Free Lectures, Videos, Resources and Live Events!
"Over the past few years, APPPAH's birth psychology resources and materials have grown to meet a worldwide demand for information and education," said Sandra Bardsley, APPPAH president. "We are happy to designate March as
Birth Psychology Month and to gather these resources and special events into one place to share with our members and supporters."
The Association for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health, APPPAH, is proud to present you with a dedicated
Birth Psychology Month website to help you find FREE events, materials, a
JOPPPAH article, and social media sharing
resources. APPPAH is a Pioneering Partner of Kindred, who has collaborated with this venerable nonprofit to bring you the New Story of
Birth Psychology for three years!
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March Is "Read Aloud From Birth" Month!
In 2014, the American Academy of Pediatrics changed its former recommendation that parents, grandparents, and caregivers start reading to babies beginning at six months, and recommended we start beginning at birth. Sadly, three years later, according to a national survey of parents,
only 15% of parents say they read to their babies in the first year of life.
March is
National Reading Awareness Month. In response to those low numbers reported in the parent survey, the theme of Read Aloud's 2017 campaign is "From Birth." They are focusing on getting the word out to parents nationwide about the vital importance of reading to babies "from birth." Discover the T
OP TEN REASONS TO READ TO YOUR BABY, by Pam Leo, as well as her poetry and resources from the Book Fairy Pantry Project below.
Read Pam's inspired poetry about the project here.
Listen to the interview with Pam Leo here.
Read the press release about the project here.
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Conscious Parenting News!
If you're looking for a way to stay up to date on the international and national news headlines and research supporting conscious parenting and want to skip the time-suck of social media, check out the FCL initiative,
Conscious Parenting News. CPN curates the best headlines into an e-newspaper format that can be delivered to your inbox, or you can just visit the webpage. CPN is free but you're welcome to support FCL's nonprofit work
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CPN has added a new section to its headlines called "Politics." This is where you can find information about how the new president's policies are affecting families, including family leave, breastfeeding, childcare and healthcare.
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