attachment parenting

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Registered: 02-19-2004
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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Registered: 03-21-2001
Fri, 08-18-2006 - 4:18pm

I am truly sad that my SIL didn't even try BF the 2nd time around after having difficulty with the first.

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Registered: 12-06-2004
Fri, 08-18-2006 - 4:20pm
Watching tv does not make anyone fat.

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Registered: 03-27-2003
Fri, 08-18-2006 - 4:42pm
ITA. The human race would have died out long ago if breast milk could have been compromised by something as common (historically) as a non-optimal diet.
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Registered: 03-27-2003
Fri, 08-18-2006 - 4:46pm
A tearful scene in the grocery store? That is pretty absurd. I'd be annoyed too.
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Registered: 01-23-2006
Fri, 08-18-2006 - 5:08pm
Lol! At times I wish I could stay at home with my son, no matter how much I love my job, but it's just not financially possible! I still know I wouldn't BF, though, it's not something anyone in my family has ever done. I'm not sure why, we just don't. My sister just had her baby in July, and she doesn't BF, either.
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Registered: 06-30-2006
Fri, 08-18-2006 - 5:16pm
There are billions of perfectly healthy people all over the world who rarely if ever have milk of any kind once they're weaned.

Sabina

Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,

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Registered: 06-30-2006
Fri, 08-18-2006 - 5:20pm

As a historian, you're well aware of lifespans during prehistory and well beyond; without the right kind of care, that's about how long we live.

Sabina

Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,

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Registered: 06-30-2006
Fri, 08-18-2006 - 5:22pm
All of which proves my point.

Sabina

Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,

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Registered: 09-04-1997
Fri, 08-18-2006 - 5:26pm
But it isn't the case that people in prehistoric or premodern times were keeling over from old age at the age of 40. The life expectancy of premodern times was about 40, sure, but that takes into account a whole lot of infant mortality and people dying young of injuries and infections, things like that. Some did make it to true old age -- we have plenty of accounts of people in the ancient and medieval world living into their 80s and 90s. Their bodies were designed to live as long as ours.
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Registered: 06-02-2006
Fri, 08-18-2006 - 5:27pm
Actually, watching TV burns less calories than sleeping. So yes, watching TV itself is also a problem.

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