the continuum concept in search of happiness lost

But the main point - we raise our kids wrong, and it makes us an unhappy striving society, is incredibly powerful. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. I think she's spot on, and my entire view of modern society has been forever altered. Buy The Continuum Concept: In Search Of Happiness Lost (Classics in Human Development) Reprint by Liedloff, Jean (ISBN: 8601400281857) from Amazon's Book Store. The Continuum Concept: In Search Of Happiness Lost (Classics in Human Developmen Liedloff, Jean 4.02 avg rating (3,049 ratings by Goodreads) Softcover ISBN 10: 014008519XISBN 13: 9780140085198 Publisher: Da Capo Pr, 1986 This specific ISBN edition is currently not available. She makes a very compelling case that our societal 'wisdom' about how children should be dealt with from infancy is completely skewed, runs counter to our actual instincts, and leads to a state where 'happiness ceases to be a normal condition of being alive, and becomes a goal.' She claims that this deviation from the natural processes of our species (the 'Continuum'), beginning with our failure to keep our newborns constantly 'in arms', not as the center of attention, but as an observer learning how the life of adults works, drives us ever further from it, and perpetuates our constant drives to fill the holes in ourselves with money, power, love, drugs, etc.

That said, I'd still recommend it to anyone with even a passing interest in psychology, sociology, parenting, or oh, I don't know, the attainment of happiness. Most of its claims are complete conjecture, based on the author's interpretation of her time with the Yequana people of Venezuela, and some of them are real doozies.

The continuum concept in search of happiness lost