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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My company insists on 6 weeks. I have a friend whose company insists on 4 1/2. Do you consider 6 or 4 1/2 weeks home as staying home? I don't think anyone here would say that my 10 weeks at home constitutes staying home.
I do know women who returned to work after two weeks. They've worked for smaller companies that had no policy for leave after the birth of a child. My company just doesn't want the liability, which is why they insist we go on leave two weeks before the baby is due. Can't have us going into labor on the premesis. My guess would be that the 6 weeks after birth is just to make sure there won't be any issues that they could be held liable for when you return.
We are moving forward. Dads can now use their 5 personal days after the birth of a child, lol. We have a long way to go. When they start giving both parents the same leave, they'll stop encouraging discrimination against women.
Ditto to you. You're just repeating yourself too.
Sorry but it is a very strong declaration of what you believe when you will pay someone not to do something. We don't pay people not to do things unless we consider them bad things to do.
Ditto.
My posts make sense if you read them.
It's quite simple, when a society will pay people not to do something, they are saying that that something is bad. It's certainly not approval of that something. Anything you'll pay to avoid is something you really don't like.
I have nothing against working moms. I work too. If someone wants to return to work that is their decision.
It's this irrational and unsubstantiated claim that paying a women the money shes put into employement insurance, to voluntarily stay home for up to a year is somehow bad.
"What's the canadian governments motive?"
Allow parents to spend time with their family...
Oh the horror! The shame! What an awful thing to allow a person to do. Woe is me!
Our evil motive to protect the mother, father and their job!
http://www.sdc.gc.ca/asp/gateway.asp?hr=/en/lp/spila/wlb/wfp/11Maternity_Leave.shtml&hs=wnc
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