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One would have to question if yelling, negotiating, and arguing with a child is the norm worldwide. If not, how do other parents manage to be calmer parents sans the tension and power struggles? Some families from hunting-gathering villages are highlighted as an example of calmer parenting.
Calmer Parents Rarely Need to Tell Their Kids What to Do
Anthropologist Sheina Lew-Levy conducted a study with BaYaka hunter-gatherers in Central Africa. She observed adults rarely needed to tell their children what to do, which is only about three verbal commands per hour, Time shared. The anthropologist noted such parents interfered minimally, have confidence in the children, and restrained themselves from constant meddling.