Gwen Dewar’s motherhood style and methods incorporates what she learned during her education at UC Berkeley, and her subsequent Ph.D. from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where she was trained in anthropology, behavioral ecology, primatology, and evolutionary and comparative psychology.
Her research has focused on the evolutionary origins of intelligence, social learning, and teaching. These interests led her to study cognitive development (in human children and in nonhuman primates) and the evolution of parenting. Clearly there is a vast amount of information gathered over time that can be helpful to us in understanding motherhood and parenting. When Gwen found there were too few resources available for parents that included evidence-based research she decided to start her site, Parenting Science.
Her site includes information on attachment parenting, stress, potty training, preschool social skills development and other interesting and useful research. Whether you’re a science-minded parent or you’ve avoided “science” ever since high school, you’ll learn more about parenting with a quick visit to Gwen’s site so we recommend a visit.
Happy parenting.
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