story telling, emotional management, and the art of parenting

https://www.npr.org/685533353

Parenting traditions from tribal cultures from around the world use personalized story telling and reflective listing as parenting tools. We’ve come up with many inoventions through the millenniums (factories, engines, microchips) but some of our earliest inovations may well have been in parenting with music and story telling to help with social & emotional management. Now we’re distracted by our wonderful toys & tech and forget the most basic lessons of society. Kindermusik brings the best of both worlds - we live in this modern world but we haven’t forgotten the old lessons either. Here’s a very interesting article about how the Inuit parent and the insights it may give us.

How Inuit Parents Teach Kids To Control Their Anger -