Dr. Paul Turke

Probably the biggest one is in one of the big themes in my book is that we used to live embedded in kinship networks. Um, so we had lots of different, uh, helpers contributors, uh, helping us to raise our children that, you know, there are situations now where one parent, usually a mother gets stuck with three kids in a, in a home. And, um,

Probably the biggest one is in one of the big themes in my book is that we used to live embedded in kinship networks. Um, so we had lots of different, uh, helpers contributors, uh, helping us to raise our children that, you know, there are situations now where one parent, usually a mother gets stuck with three kids in a, in a home. And, um,

Probably the biggest one is in one of the big themes in my book is that we used to live embedded in kinship networks. Um, so we had lots of different, uh, helpers contributors, uh, helping us to raise our children that, you know, there are situations now where one parent, usually a mother gets stuck with three kids in a, in a home. And, um,

It's very different from how things used to work back in the day. And it puts a lot of stress on everybody, children, but parents, parents also. So that's a big thing. Kids, when they would go out to play and run around, they would... be in sort of mixed age groups.

It's very different from how things used to work back in the day. And it puts a lot of stress on everybody, children, but parents, parents also. So that's a big thing. Kids, when they would go out to play and run around, they would... be in sort of mixed age groups.

It's very different from how things used to work back in the day. And it puts a lot of stress on everybody, children, but parents, parents also. So that's a big thing. Kids, when they would go out to play and run around, they would... be in sort of mixed age groups.

So they would have, if you were a three-year-old, you'd have a seven-year-old there to learn from, and you might be helping a two-year-old. And so the sort of the independent child stuff would be different. So those are two of the big ways that we've lived in. We live now sort of in a mismatched environment.

So they would have, if you were a three-year-old, you'd have a seven-year-old there to learn from, and you might be helping a two-year-old. And so the sort of the independent child stuff would be different. So those are two of the big ways that we've lived in. We live now sort of in a mismatched environment.

So they would have, if you were a three-year-old, you'd have a seven-year-old there to learn from, and you might be helping a two-year-old. And so the sort of the independent child stuff would be different. So those are two of the big ways that we've lived in. We live now sort of in a mismatched environment.

Yeah, I think it puts a lot of stress on children. It also... You know, the human brain, the child's brain, is very malleable, very undeveloped when baby first appears on the scene. And when we change the environment, the early environment— that children are reared under, we sort of miss, I think some of the cues that lead to, uh, uh, normal development.

Yeah, I think it puts a lot of stress on children. It also... You know, the human brain, the child's brain, is very malleable, very undeveloped when baby first appears on the scene. And when we change the environment, the early environment— that children are reared under, we sort of miss, I think some of the cues that lead to, uh, uh, normal development.

Yeah, I think it puts a lot of stress on children. It also... You know, the human brain, the child's brain, is very malleable, very undeveloped when baby first appears on the scene. And when we change the environment, the early environment— that children are reared under, we sort of miss, I think some of the cues that lead to, uh, uh, normal development.

Now humans, if anything, we're, you know, we're, we're flexible. We, we can adapt to a lot of different things. So it's not, uh, uh, the end of the world, but if we're, but if we're trying to optimize, you know, we're, we're sort of off the optimum if we're, um, uh, Under those sorts of stressful situations.

Now humans, if anything, we're, you know, we're, we're flexible. We, we can adapt to a lot of different things. So it's not, uh, uh, the end of the world, but if we're, but if we're trying to optimize, you know, we're, we're sort of off the optimum if we're, um, uh, Under those sorts of stressful situations.

Now humans, if anything, we're, you know, we're, we're flexible. We, we can adapt to a lot of different things. So it's not, uh, uh, the end of the world, but if we're, but if we're trying to optimize, you know, we're, we're sort of off the optimum if we're, um, uh, Under those sorts of stressful situations.

And I think that has implications for happiness and healthiness and, you know, just emotional well-being, that sort of thing. And even things like ADHD, potentially depression. the more spectrum-y things on the altruism spectrum, all of that can be affected, I think, by, uh, this mismatch, uh, environment, stressful, broken homes, the step-parents, like you say. Um, so, um, I, I,

And I think that has implications for happiness and healthiness and, you know, just emotional well-being, that sort of thing. And even things like ADHD, potentially depression. the more spectrum-y things on the altruism spectrum, all of that can be affected, I think, by, uh, this mismatch, uh, environment, stressful, broken homes, the step-parents, like you say. Um, so, um, I, I,

And I think that has implications for happiness and healthiness and, you know, just emotional well-being, that sort of thing. And even things like ADHD, potentially depression. the more spectrum-y things on the altruism spectrum, all of that can be affected, I think, by, uh, this mismatch, uh, environment, stressful, broken homes, the step-parents, like you say. Um, so, um, I, I,

I don't know if you want to go into it, but there was a group of evolutionary psychologists, Martin Daly and Margo Wilson, who did early work on step-parenting, and they found that... step-parents tend to be, I mean, most step-parents are great.

I don't know if you want to go into it, but there was a group of evolutionary psychologists, Martin Daly and Margo Wilson, who did early work on step-parenting, and they found that... step-parents tend to be, I mean, most step-parents are great.