Rundle - Indigenous child rearing practices

What we know about children’s development through research, current research, particularly brain development. We know that children learn through their senses. And a lot of the teachings and practices that we traditionally, historically have for children, you know, pre-birth when children are born in those first few years and then on into early childhood. Things like singing to the baby while they’re in the womb, hearing the drum, those kinds of practices we know support children’s development, that children are already learning and research has shown that. 

And then some of the practices when children are born, things like being swaddled in cradleboards or moss bags, co-sleeping with parents, those kinds of practices support attachment. And we know that current research around attachment is important for children’s development. 

These kinds of things that research shows us now, Indigenous people have been doing for thousands and thousands of years.