Upbringing and Neuroscience. Embodied Theory as a Theoretical Bridge Between Cognitive Neuroscience and the Experience of Being a Parent

Neuroparenting: the Myths and the Benefits. An Ethical Systematic Review

“…Methodologically, most critical sociological and ethical studies focused on the content-analysis of policy documents, media articles, or parenting materials [6,15,16]. Some studies used a more sociological analysis, exploring parenting norms [12,14,17]. Others used a qualitative empirical design that give insight into the experiences of parents [4,13,[18][19][20][21], adolescents [9], or policy makers [15,22].…”

“…Two metaphors seem to depict this new, instrumentalised role of parents rather clearly. Leysen [17] speaks of parents becoming 'parenters': 'a figure performing learned parenting tasks, directed to act in a specific way towards the specific goal of optimal brain development' (p.252). Nadesan [14] describes how parents are made into 'managers' and their children become 'entrepreneurial subjects'.…”

“…Macvarish called this the expert invasion of family life [1,31]. Existing parental knowledge and intuition becomes discarded [17] and parents become mere amateurs whose knowledge about child development and whose cognitive capacities are insufficient to adequately take care of their children.…”