HeyJaredMOTHERHOOD UNTIL YESTERDAY
Exploring the science, evolution and culture of motherhood with a focus on how things were done for 95% of our existence as a species, back when we lived as hunter-gatherers.
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Monogamy, the Loss of Leisure, and Living with the Last Hunter-Gatherers on Earth (opens the original)
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Last week I had the pleasure of catching up with Mark Dyble, an evolutionary anthropologist and assistant professor at University of Cambridge. Dyble was part of the same group of PHD students as Nikhil Chaudhary and Abigail Page who together, as part of the Hunter Gatherer Resilience Project led by Dr. Andrea Migliano, set out to study what is a fast-disappearing way of life—a way that, nonetheless, characterized the vast majority of human history. Together, the three of them have published som
Why Are Toddlers Such Assholes? (opens the original)
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One day when he was about two years old, my sweet, cuddly little baby woke up and decided he didn’t want to follow the rules anymore. I would tell him to stop jumping on the couch, and he would ignore me. I would tell him it was time to leave the park, and he would run in the opposite direction. I would tell him, “time to put on your pajamas,” and he would give me a look that clearly said, “Screw you, mom. I do what I want.”This blatant disrespect for adult authority was coupled with increasingl
AI Writing Stinks. It’s Taking Over Anyway. (opens the original)
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Last week, after reading this WSJ article on how AI has plunged the publishing industry into utter chaos (and how authors are losing highly lucrative contracts over suspected AI use), I decided I had better ask my publisher exactly what the rules are. When I signed my book contract with Penguin Random House in August of last year (2025), no one said a word about AI. I don’t think anyone was worried about it. And I didn’t think to ask, because I hardly ever used it.But starting last year
How I Ended Bedtime Battles in My Home (opens the original)
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In July I wrote a piece called A Radical Plan For Overhauling Our Hellish Bedtime Routine, in which I described how bedtime is always a living hell in our family, characterized by endless power struggles, yelling and tears. This is true despite the fact that we are co-sleepers. The crunchies love to claim that bedtime resistance is due to children’s fear of being alone in the dark, and while that may be partially true, I am here to tell you that co-sleeping may be necessary, but is certainly not
The Fascinating Research on Why Some Kids Are Much More Sensitive to Everything (opens the original)
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I’ll be honest with you. I used to think the whole “highly-sensitive child” thing was bullshit. When we lived in northern California, the local baby store used to display a whole plethora of books on how to parent these sensitive snowflake kids, and I always used to roll my eyes at them. It struck me as a low-ball marketing ploy. Every parent thinks their kid is special and sensitive, especially in northern California, so it’s a good way to sell books, whether or not there is any truth to it. It
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