C’s review of Hunt, Gather, Parent: What Ancient Cultures Can Teach Us About the Lost Art of Raising Happy, Helpful Little Humans > Likes and Comments
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This quote from your review summed it up so well: "She repeatedly says western in the book, but really she means her household." I liked it more than you did because of the practical tips but I definitely agree there was a bias!
If you see culture as as adaptation as well, the question rises even more if a hunter gatherers way of raising children is adequate.
I feel she forgets to see the lesson she learned, namely that she learns to responds to the needs of her daughter. Or, as I would put it, sail with the wind, not against it.
Thanks for your review!
This sums up so many of my feelings about this book. She gets some things right but often manages to draw the wrong conclusions even after making a good point.
As the grandchild of two child development professors this book made my blood boil at times.
Thank you. You said it so much better than I could have. I had high hopes for the book, but put it aside after she started justifying her own shortcomings as a mother by the "evilness of western culture". Her political bias and entitlement dripping from both chapters I've read.
Thank you! I just started reading this book and I was feeling it would go in this direction. I will not waste my time!
I learned a lot from this book, but you hit the nail on the head with a couple points.
She very rarely if at all addressed the nuances of different stages of childhood development (what about a 2 year old who refuses to nap?), and how some of the cultural practices cannot translate or work the same in the US. The last section in Tanzania fell especially flat for me -- she explained & praised how hunter gatherers give their children complete autonomy and give next to no commands to their children. But how will that work in a society where kids must learn to listen to various authority figures, learn rules, and need to get out the door by a certain time?
For a long time I thought she was a single mom since there was almost no mention of any dad.
Lmao you all said it so well, especially Grace. Like, what if you have a 9-5 and need the kid to sleep rigidly? I also stopped reading a bit at the last section.
Thank you for this summary. I'm half way through the book and now can happily stop reading
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This quote from your review summed it up so well: "She repeatedly says western in the book, but really she means her household." I liked it more than you did because of the practical tips but I definitely agree there was a bias!
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If you see culture as as adaptation as well, the question rises even more if a hunter gatherers way of raising children is adequate.I feel she forgets to see the lesson she learned, namely that she learns to responds to the needs of her daughter. Or, as I would put it, sail with the wind, not against it.
Thanks for your review!
This sums up so many of my feelings about this book. She gets some things right but often manages to draw the wrong conclusions even after making a good point. As the grandchild of two child development professors this book made my blood boil at times.
Thank you. You said it so much better than I could have. I had high hopes for the book, but put it aside after she started justifying her own shortcomings as a mother by the "evilness of western culture". Her political bias and entitlement dripping from both chapters I've read.
Thank you! I just started reading this book and I was feeling it would go in this direction. I will not waste my time!
I learned a lot from this book, but you hit the nail on the head with a couple points. She very rarely if at all addressed the nuances of different stages of childhood development (what about a 2 year old who refuses to nap?), and how some of the cultural practices cannot translate or work the same in the US. The last section in Tanzania fell especially flat for me -- she explained & praised how hunter gatherers give their children complete autonomy and give next to no commands to their children. But how will that work in a society where kids must learn to listen to various authority figures, learn rules, and need to get out the door by a certain time?
For a long time I thought she was a single mom since there was almost no mention of any dad.
Lmao you all said it so well, especially Grace. Like, what if you have a 9-5 and need the kid to sleep rigidly? I also stopped reading a bit at the last section.
Thank you for this summary. I'm half way through the book and now can happily stop reading
