Ep. 196: David F Lancy - A Cultural & Anthropological Take on Childhood Independence

<p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1080614/open_sms">Send us a text</a></p><p>Culture in general plays an important role in human development and particularly childhood is shaped by culture. Not so long ago raising children was considered rather noisy, dirty, tedious and anything but pleasant. However, those living in WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic) societies that make up about 12% of the world’s population have perpetuated over-protective child-rearing practices and principals while ignoring the cultural wisdom of the rest of the world. With this rise in parental hyper-vigilance in creating independent children, there is a growing trend that parents are turning everything in the child&apos;s life into a learning/teaching opportunity, which is a likely source of learned helplessness and a predictable path to a failure to launch.</p><p>On this episode, anthropologist, researcher, and author and Professor Emeritus o...