by Michael Orlans | Jul 14, 2015 | Parenting, Theory & Research
Over millions of years of human history, breastfeeding has constituted the most successful means for meeting the needs of the human infant (Montague). Nature has gone to great lengths to design a bonding strategy that fits a newborn’s needs in very specific ways. An...
by Michael Orlans | Jul 13, 2015 | Theory & Research
Prior to the 19th Century, no organized public education system was in place anywhere in the world. In the United States, an educational system was created in order to meet the manpower needs of the Industrial Revolution. It was based upon the tenets of academic...
by Michael Orlans | May 11, 2015 | Attachment, Parenting
Parents are often unclear about the difference between consequence and punishment. A consequence is the result or direct effect of an action. The goal for giving consequences is to teach a lesson that leads to positive choices. It encourages self-examination,...
by Michael Orlans | May 4, 2015 | Attachment, Uncategorized
The old Freudians’ belief that personality does not develop until ages 2-3 has now been displaced by decades of research in the field of pre-natal psychology. We have found that an unborn child is an aware, reacting human being and leads an active emotional...
by Michael Orlans | May 1, 2015 | Parenting, Uncategorized
Most parents parent the same way as their parents, or if they disliked it, do the opposite. What comes naturally is the familiarity of what was modeled. Parenting isn’t taught as part of school curriculum and we just don’t learn it by osmosis. Developing a sound...
