To date, there has been little empirical study of the
Nurtured Heart Approach.
We see a progression from the nature versus nurture debate, to an interactionist perspective that considers the interaction of the two, to a dynamic view of how nature (e.g., abilities) is always
nurtured, and how nurture (e.g., learning) is constrained by nature.
Only in a land where intolerance and suspicion and hatred of "the other" are
nurtured -- fed and watered daily -- would that long-ago battle still stir passions and cause ordinary citizens to endorse a campaign of genocide.
The mustard tree,
nurtured through its youth to its maturity, is this big, strong, vitally alive thing.
- Therapeutic stances of the
Nurtured Heart Approach and why they work
Since November of 1994 co-founders Cassandra Burton and Faye Williams have
nurtured Sisterspace from a shelf of books for sale in a boutique to a bona fide community resource for black women.
Although she insured that they were always protected and
nurtured, Brent's maternal method has been suffused with "middle ground" - she has neither
nurtured her children with dependable consistency, taught them moral values, or instilled in them racial knowledge or pride.
It is an exceptional village where cooperation and independence flourish, friendships are
nurtured, teamwork is paramount, and self-discovery is at the root of every activity.
From the Garden of Eden to The Odyssey to Walton's mountain, home has been a promise of rest and succor, a place where the prodigal and the pilgrim will always be welcomed, taken in, and
nurtured. Time and time again home has been portrayed as the place where we could connect with our past, discover our true identity, and raise our children in safety.
Jim Dow's recent photographic series of British storefronts, "Corner Shops of Britain," 1983-93, offers a glimpse into this kind of obsession
nurtured over a decade.
This finding has confused him because evidence suggests that hypacrosaurs and other members of the hadrosaurid family apparently
nurtured their young.
And we owe it to the Earth itself, the home that has
nurtured us and whose protection is in our hands.