Primal prevention
What it is all about
It has long been recognized that a person's social skills reveal themselves during early childhood [1]. Today, epigenetic evidence indicates that the critical period of development already starts at conception [29]. It is now kown that, from this very moment till the end of a new being's primal period, any chronic stress of its parents and caregivers will unfavorably alter its intimate surroundings (i.e., its humoral-tactile-affective environment), with harmful epigenetic consequences [2, 3, 4, 5]. Similar consequences of genitors' stress on their offspring have been observed in other primates and mammals [6, 7, 8, 9, 10].
In conclusion, future parents ought to take primal prevention measures aimed at making their dayly life less stressful during their child's primal period. This simple, true health promotion will definitely benefit their "little someone" in its early process of building a serene personality, lifelong resilience [60], good psychic and somatic healths.
In conclusion, future parents ought to take primal prevention measures aimed at making their dayly life less stressful during their child's primal period. This simple, true health promotion will definitely benefit their "little someone" in its early process of building a serene personality, lifelong resilience [60], good psychic and somatic healths.
Personal and societal challenge
Young adults may be at a loss when trying to escape chronic stress and its various consequences for the child they're about to conceive. In the absence of adequate social laws, most of these new parents must prepare to call on third-type kin caregiving to meet the challenge of primal prevention.
As a matter of fact, it is hard to understand how public-health professionals – who largely determine the decisions of politicians – may still behave (in so-called developed countries) as if they ignored the distant early warning from an exploding new knowledge in life sciences. (Or is it ? [64].)
As a matter of fact, it is hard to understand how public-health professionals – who largely determine the decisions of politicians – may still behave (in so-called developed countries) as if they ignored the distant early warning from an exploding new knowledge in life sciences. (Or is it ? [64].)
What will change
Disquieting results of social-epidemiology observations in developed countries will have to be re-interpreted as reflecting the global effect of epigenetic impacts of societal stress [65] on all individuals during their primal period. Privileged young people already allowed to take a career break during their child’s primal period may be the first sign that a major cultural blind spot is about to be cured [11]. Sooner or later primal prevention will be common practice, because eveyone will have not only the desire, but also the undefiled possibility to devote their sustained attention to their coming child in a secure, affective environment.