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 know what, Felicia? There's some principle of debating that says that the person who brings up the Nazis lost the debate already. It's an offensive term.
But....yes, I do believe that breastfeeding advocates use "guilt" as a tactic to try to get women to try to avoid formula. But my point is, if you have carefully considered the evidence for and against formula feeding in your particular situation, and have decided that in your particular situation, formula feeding is the better alternative, what is there left to feel guilty about?
Guilt is a horrible feeling that is there to let people know they have done something wrong and to prompt them to make amends or change there ways. In that sense, it's productive. But if you have done the right thing in your situation, the question remains? Why would you feel guilty about doing the right thing? And how can anyone else impose a feeling of guilty about doing the right thing on someone else?
I apologize for the term "nazi."
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Yes, indeed, but if you use EBM or FF, you can be away from the infant for longer periods and thus be less tied down.
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