Not exact matches
By aggressively promoting their own choices, aggressively demeaning the choices of
other mothers, and aggressively insisting that anyone who makes different choices is implicitly criticizing them, advocates of
attachment parenting, homebirth, lactivism, etc.
encourage the very conflicts that they claim to deplore.
Other parenting behaviors that make up the
attachment style of parenting include infant - focused prenatal activities; breastfeeding, when possible, to
encourage closeness and healthy development; maintaining close physical proximity through frequent touch, carrying, and physical contact and stimulation with the infant; establishing nighttime routines that support an infant's need for closeness; and avoiding long caregiver — child separations.
Just as it is important to create a strong
attachment with your child, I think it is important to your own mental health as a parent to
encourage a strong
attachment between your child and at least a handful of
other trusted adults.
Swinging is meant to enhance the existing romantic relationship a couple has and no
other emotional
attachments are formed with
other members of the group, albeit sex with different partners are
encouraged.
It is really important that a puppy experience human touch from birth to promote a human / canine
attachment and
encourage the puppy's ability to develop social
attachments with
others as it grows.
But I think your point about grieving the loss of a biological connection, pregnancy, breastfeeding, etc is a good one, and here I think it's also done to
encourage people to really think about the backgrounds of the children up for adoption and to learn more about
attachment issues and child trauma... Fertility treatment and adoption are really not interchangeable and I think it's good to have a break from one before embarking on the
other.
Resourcing families and communities to relate to each
other in more supportive ways begins with
encouraging the development of positive
attachment experiences early in life.
Other parenting behaviors that make up the
attachment style of parenting include infant - focused prenatal activities; breastfeeding, when possible, to
encourage closeness and healthy development; maintaining close physical proximity through frequent touch, carrying, and physical contact and stimulation with the infant; establishing nighttime routines that support an infant's need for closeness; and avoiding long caregiver — child separations.