U.S. parenting culture and practices increase anxiety in parent and child. Traditional societies know techniques that support calm and well-being in parent and child.

Alienation occurs when one parent—consciously or unconsciously—influences the child to reject the other. Here are the warning signs.

For example, if a parent thinks their child is being bullied, the principal should listen to their concerns instead of responding with technicalities.

Parents stay quiet and out of the way; watching from a distance, intervening only if there is real danger. Hadzabe children are not helicoptered but welcomed into the community as growing members.