RE: Continuum Concept and other stuff Was: Thanks, Suze

[Guest guest]

I just found out about this book myself. I haven't read it yet but

I've been exploring the website. I'm really excited about it because

it makes so much sense! And I don't even have children!

Ghislaine

(Or is the fact I don't have children, why it makes sense to me?

*grins*)

> > Also, have you read " The Continuum Concept " yet?

> > >I thought it was a fantastic and eye-opening read.

[Guest guest]

I've read the book. I found it very interesting but I wouldn't take the

ideas to the extreme. I tried some of them...and to some extent it worked

but some of it didn't. I suppose if you lived in the village it might work

better. But definitely worth reading and assimilating the concepts.

K

Re: Continuum Concept and other stuff Was: Thanks, Suze

I just found out about this book myself. I haven't read it yet but I've

been exploring the website. I'm really excited about it because it makes so

much sense! And I don't even have children!

Ghislaine

(Or is the fact I don't have children, why it makes sense to me?

*grins*)

> > Also, have you read " The Continuum Concept " yet?

> > >I thought it was a fantastic and eye-opening read.

[Guest guest]

>I've read the book. I found it very interesting but I wouldn't take the

>ideas to the extreme. I tried some of them...and to some extent it worked

>but some of it didn't. I suppose if you lived in the village it might work

>better. But definitely worth reading and assimilating the concepts.

>

>K

The advice for the first 6 months worked great for us. I carried

my daughter for 6 months, and she was with me all the time

more or less. Also slept with us (until she started kicking Dad

too hard in her sleep!). That was the EASIEST way to handle

a baby, and she grew up great.

After 6 months though, she really needed a lot of attention

and wanted to crawl all over. And play with other kids. The

person who turned us on to the book said that never

had kids, and while the advice of carrying the baby and

sleeping with it was right-on, the kids need other kids

after that.

-- Heidi Jean

[Guest guest]

I can vouch that breastfeeding until the child naturally weans, co-sleeping,

and baby-wearing worked wonders on my relationship with my two children (now

5 and 2 years old, the 2-year-old still nursing at night). All of this

naturally evolved into home schooling, too.

Anne

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From: Heidi Schuppenhauer [mailto:heidis@...]

Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 5:39 PM

Subject: RE: Re: Continuum Concept and other stuff Was: Thanks, Suze

>I've read the book. I found it very interesting but I wouldn't take the

>ideas to the extreme. I tried some of them...and to some extent it worked

>but some of it didn't. I suppose if you lived in the village it might work

>better. But definitely worth reading and assimilating the concepts.

>

>K

The advice for the first 6 months worked great for us. I carried

my daughter for 6 months, and she was with me all the time

more or less. Also slept with us (until she started kicking Dad

too hard in her sleep!). That was the EASIEST way to handle

a baby, and she grew up great.

After 6 months though, she really needed a lot of attention

and wanted to crawl all over. And play with other kids. The

person who turned us on to the book said that never

had kids, and while the advice of carrying the baby and

sleeping with it was right-on, the kids need other kids

after that.

-- Heidi Jean

[Guest guest]

>> Also, have you read " The Continuum Concept " yet?

>> >I thought it was a fantastic and eye-opening read.

>>

>> No - what is it about?

>

>It's by Liedloff, a psychologist/anthropologist/philosopher of sorts

>who spent lots of time with the Yequana tribe in South America. It's not a

>parenting book per se, but is a description of her encounter with the tribe

>and her observations about their ways of child rearing.

>Basically, the idea

>is that constant parental contact with the child (in a sling, sleeping with

>you, etc.) early on will provide a solid sense of security and happiness.

>It's " attachment parenting " , but also she observed that the culture was not

> " child centered " either--that babies WANT to be observers of a busy parent

>so they can learn what will eventually be expected of them later in

>life--not constantly asked what they want to eat, where they want to go,

>etc. Granted, the Yequana social structure is wildly different from our

>own, but there are many Western people trying to apply the

>concepts to their

>own parenting. And, of course, there's a discussion list and website:

>http://www.continuum-concept.org/ A snapshot of the concept itself can be

>found here http://www.continuum-concept.org/cc_defined.html

>

>I highly reccommend it--it's a great complement to NT as the book

>describes,

>quite beautifully, a pre-modern commerce society that works REALLY well.

I think I vaguely recall this book being discussed here in the past. In any

case, thanks for the description - sounds very interesting! I'm getting an

early start by doing " attachment parenting " with my lap dogs. The only thing

is...they never grow up. So the attachment never wears off. LOL!

Suze Fisher

Lapdog Design, Inc.

Web Design & Development

http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze3shjg

Weston A. Price Foundation Chapter Leader, Mid Coast Maine

http://www.westonaprice.org

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