While I agree that we would do well to take some lessons from these people, one big difference between Shiuar and Western families is that Western families have

While I agree that we would do well to take some lessons from these people, one big difference between Shiuar and Western families is that Western families have switched from r-selection to k-selection - fewer babies treated as precious, fragile things. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R/K_selection_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R/K_selection_theory. It was common in the past to have a LOT of children (and not only due to lack of anticonceptive methods), much like Shiuar, and not to name children younger than 2 years (to try and not become attached) and half of them dying before their 1st year. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childhood_in_medieval_England https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childhood_in_medieval_England