Michaeleen Doucleff: why kids need less 'parenting'

Everything in NPR science correspondent Michaeleen Doucleff's life had been relatively easy until she had a two-year-old daughter. "She's a wonderful kid. She's super smart and ambitious and motivated, but at two she was just a huge handful." On a work trip to a remote Mexican village, Doucleff wasn't expecting to "fix her parenting problems" but while there she got her mind blown by the calm parents and their "incredibly kind, respectful kids". Sometime later, Doucleff set off, toddler in tow, to live amongst three ancient cultures and experience their parenting practices firsthand. Her book Hunt, Gather, Parent explores what ancient traditions can teach us about helping kids thrive.