Mayim Bialik on parenting
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Mayim Bialik on parenting
| Wed, 03-07-2012 - 12:47pm |
Apparently Mayim Bialik, perhaps better known as Amy Farrah Fowler from The Big Bang Theory, has written a controversial book on attachment parenting.
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Sunni, I'm right there with you on people treating any sort of parenting like 'the next big thing'.
I'm so over people talking about AP like it is new, trendy or even uncommon. How many parents do you know that aren't attached to their kids? How many parents do you know that never hold their children? How many people set their kids' feeding schedules? How is a bottle fed child any less attached than a breast fed? I am not an AP parent but I feed my child on demand, hold my child as much as I can and let him sleep when he wants. I don't cosleep but would sleep on the couch with him if needed. I wonder if women in 3rd world countries think they're cool because they're AP or do we think we're awesome because we have a choice not to things and rely on equipment & products. As for discipline, every child responds differently but I see far too many parents raising rotten little brats who can't interact properly or take care of themselves as they mature.
Obviously, to parent well, you have to go with your instinct and if it feels awkward or uncomfortable to you, then don't do it.
I would not say I practice attachment parenting, but there are some parts of it I do.
I definitely tend more toward attachment parenting than not.