The missing link in the WILD agenda: Anchoring developmental science in globalizing non-WEIRD societies.

This commentary extends the WILD framework to societies undergoing rapid industrialization and globalization. We demonstrate how children in these societies form close attachments to extended kin and non-kin members, consistent with local cultural values and modern societal demands and in contrast to the core assumptions of attachment theory. These caregiving ecologies showcase the functional plasticity of the human developmental system.