Reading our first book together!

We’re diving into our first parenting book – yay! Join us for a discussion, even if you’ve only managed a few pages.

Hunt, Gather, Parent by Dr. Michaeleen Doucleff

Michaeleen Doucleff traveled with her young daughter to learn from Maya families in Mexico, Inuit above the Arctic Circle, and Hadza in Tanzania. She found these communities avoid many Western struggles by building cooperative, trust-based, individualized relationships with children. In Hunt, Gather, Parent, Doucleff shows parents modeling calm to curb tantrums, granting safe autonomy to build self-reliance, and motivating help without bribes or threats. She adds insights from psychology, neuroscience, anthropology, and sociology on how these tools support children’s development.