attachment parenting
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| Mon, 08-14-2006 - 3:17pm |
A woman I know (I used to work with her dh) practices "attachment parenting". Here is a definition (for those who don't know what it is):
"Attachment Parenting includes respecting your child's needs, feeding on demand, and answering your baby's cries. Other parts of Attachment Parenting include co-sleeping, nursing on demand, sling or other baby carrier wearing, and cloth diapering. Not all Attachment Parents practice all of the above, but never the less love the idea of Attachment Parenting and comforting their children.
Attachment parenting uses mild discipline methods and avoids all physical or emotional punishment, such as inflicting shame on a child for inappropriate behavior. Children are encouraged and allowed to sleep with their parents, and you treat your bed as the family bed. Meeting your child's needs according to the child's time frame during the early years of development is an essential part of attachment parenting. Children will be allowed to grow and learn at their own pace and not according to standard time frames."
What do you all think of attachment parenting?
I don't see attachment parenting as something a WOH parent could do, or could they? What do u think?
I am also curious to see if SAHPs vs/ WOHPs will have different opionions on this topic.
If anyone here practices attachment parenting - was your decision to do so closely linked with your decision to be a SAHP?
josee

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You did. When I stated that fewer than 3% of mothers in the US are drug abusers, you replied with "Sadly, there are mothers in the Bronx and Brooklyn that would prove you wrong".
How is that small segment of the US proving me wrong???
"Its as easy to get as fast food and not much better."
What are these horrible ingredients in formula?
In what parts do I "think"?.......
Oh, Bed-Stuy, East New York in Brooklyn. Tremont section of the Bronx, just to name a few.
"The problem I have with your perspective (not bfing, btw) is the way it elevates mothers to some demi-goddess status. Frankly, it all just smacks of self-glorification. Blech. The Hearth Angel can bite my behind."
I'm impressed because I've never seen it before IRL, and certainly not in my own personal experience. My DD would respond, too, eventually, but not in 10 seconds.
Well, that's different. I don't doubt you could calm your child down without nursing. It was the 10 second claim that threw me for a loop.
n/t
I misread the post I was responding to.
Edited 8/24/2006 10:48 am ET by mommy2amani
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