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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" And, as I said last time, acknowledging that breastfeeding can pass risks on to babies is not an argument FOR formula. It is an argument for cleaning up our food supply and advocating for better environmental regulations. "
This, I agree with.
"Yes I did. They compared children. You can't compare children. The research can't be accurate."
What do you think of research comparing children of SAHP's to WOHP's, such as the Michigan study that kbmammm likes to cite, showing there is little difference b/w children of SAHP's and WOHP's?
It was my scared three year old, and he didn't nurse, because he weaned at age two. At that momemnt, I wish I could have nursed him, becasue it would have provided comfort. But putting his head with skin to skin contact against my breast is what calmed him down finally.
And yes, tornados can be terrifying to children.
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