slightest. Rather, it’s a fundamental method that parents, all over the world, use to transmit their cultures’ key values to children. The gumption to help around the house is a core value in the Maya communities, which moms and dads intentionally pass down to their kids. In Western culture, we also have this value, but, in many ways, parents have

“It’s a lifelong skill to understand the situation around you and then know what to do,” she adds. This skill—of paying attention and then acting—is such an important value and goal for children that many families in Mexico have a term for it: it’s being acomedido. The idea is complex: It’s not just doing a chore or task because someone told you to

“With everything in science, humility is good.”

For hundreds of thousands of years, parenting was a multigenerational affair. Kids evolved to learn from a bunch of different people of all ages—great-grandparents, grandparents, uncles, aunts, family friends, neighbors, cousins, and all the children that tag along with them.

“It’s a lifelong skill to understand the situation around you and then know what to do,” she adds. This skill—of paying attention and then acting—is such an important value and goal for children that many families in Mexico have a term for it: it’s being acomedido. The idea is complex: It’s not just doing a chore or task because someone told you to

slightest. Rather, it’s a fundamental method that parents, all over the world, use to transmit their cultures’ key values to children. The gumption to help around the house is a core value in the Maya communities, which moms and dads intentionally pass down to their kids. In Western culture, we also have this value, but, in many ways, parents have

“With everything in science, humility is good.”