In a cross-cultural study of 173 societies (by Herbert Barry and L. M. Paxson of the University of Pittsburgh) 76 societies typically had mother and infant sharing a bed; in 42 societies they shared a room but not a bed;… — Melvin Konner Copy Share Image
Navajo infants get so attached to cradleboard that they cry to be tied into it. Kikuyu infants in Kenya get handed around several"mothers," all… — Melvin Konner Copy Share Image
Navajo infants get so attached to cradleboard that they cry to be tied into it. Kikuyu infants in Kenya get handed around severalmothers, all… — Melvin Konner Copy Share Image
In order to be treated fairly and equally, chidren have to be treated differently. — Melvin Konner Copy Share Image
In a cross-cultural study of 173 societies (by Herbert Barry and L. M. Paxson of the University of Pittsburgh) 76 societies typically had mother… — Melvin Konner Copy Share Image
If it's working, keep doing it. If it's not working, stop doing it. If you don't know what to do, don't do anything. — Melvin Konner Copy Share Image
Children are born as individuals. If we fail to see that, if we see them as clay to be molded in any shape we… — Melvin Konner Copy Share Image
Intern is not just a gripping tale of becoming a doctor. It's also a courageous critique, a saga of an immigrant family living (at… — Melvin Konner Copy Share Image
A touching and compassionate yet completely professional account of the psychological--indeed spiritual--dimensions of the doctorDpatient relationship that make the difference between fixing and healing. — Melvin Konner Copy Share Image
It is almost intrinsically impossible for ideas about how we are fooling ourselves to gain an adequate hearing. We are good enough at it… — Melvin Konner Copy Share Image
“At the conclusion of all our studies we must try once again to experience the human soul as soul, and not just as a… — Melvin Konner Copy Share Image
