Author of quotes: Michaeleen Doucleff

... many indigenous parents are happy when a raking toddler rushes to the rescue. They are happy that the baby takes initiative, and explains his assertiveness with the desire to contribute to the life of the family. Yes, the child is too young to know how to best help. But he just needs to learn. How can you learn if you don’t try?

Three cornerstone practices of modern parenting - the need for toys, obsession with learning and endless praise - appeared for very strange reasons. Toys were given to us by the industrial revolution, the desire for early development is a political race of powers, and the pop concept of self-esteem, which does not exist in any other culture in the world, requires praise.