Maybe have a cleaning routine in the morning, then have your child help prepare lunch. How do we fix this? Follow a routine that children can understand, with steps they can anticipate. I see a lot of Continuum moms just drifting from hour to hour, not quite sure what to do, not feeling like they have time to do anything, and with totally bored children. And of course, the tribe followed the sun’s schedule – we wake up, we do things, we cool down, we go to sleep. In the morning, people would wake up, some chores had to be attended to, food had to be gathered or hunted, it had to be prepared, habitations might need fixing, clothes might need to be mended or made, etc. It was just a different kind of scheduling. Children are rushed, pushed too fast too soon, and it’s not making anyone happy.īut, the Yequana children actually did have a scheduled life. It’s true that the lives of Western kids are overscheduled, and with the wrong kinds of activities. Here are the top 5 reasons why the Continuum Concept was misunderstood, and what we can do about it.ġ) “Our children’s lives should not be scheduled” – I hear that a lot.

Today, many of us try to regain our lost Continuum, and yet… I see a lot of unhappiness in moms who go against the grain, and try to apply concepts from the Yequana tribe to their daily life. Happier, in fact, than pretty much any Western parent around. What did Jean Liedloff discover? She discovered that, quite simply, you can be in tune with your baby, take care of him, love him, and not let him cry, and (it’s a big and!) you could absolutely be happy while doing so. This fateful trip changed her life… And the life of many women around the globe who believed in a gentler way to parent. Before Dr Sears and Attachment Parenting, there was The Continuum Concept. In the 70s, Jean Liedloff stayed with an Amazonian tribe for reasons completely unrelated to parenting.

The Continuum Concept by Jean Liedloff