Sentences with phrase «good attachment parents»

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The special attachment that characterizes the parent - child bond serves, at its best, as a kind of guarantee of love — almost an analogue to divine grace.

A break in one connection, such as attachment to a stable community, puts pressure on other connections: marriage, the relationship between parents and children, religious affiliation, a feeling of connection with the past, even citizenship, that sense of membership in a large community which grows best when it is grounded in membership in a small one.

«API is pleased to give a voice to our breastfeeding struggles, those related to society's acceptance as well as those shared by mother and baby,» said Samantha Gray, Executive Director of Attachment Parenting International.

Based on the book Attached at the Heart, the Attached at the Heart Parenting Educator (AHPE) program is grounded in attachment theory, informed by cutting edge research, and designed as a prevention model to help parents better understand and apply the Eight Principles of Parenting for a child's optimal physical and emotional development.

Martha and Dr. Bill are best known for their Sears Parenting Library published by Little, Brown and Company: The Healthy Pregnancy Book, The Birth Book, The Baby Book, The Attachment Parenting Book, The Discipline Book, The Breastfeeding Book, The Fussy Baby Book, The Family Nutrition Book, The Premature Baby Book, The Baby Sleep Book, The A.D.D. Book, and The Healthiest Kid In The Neighborhood.

We've been needing her financial expertise, as well as her many years of experience with attachment parenting.

Minimizing the number of hours in non-parental care as much as possible provides the best opportunity for a child to build secure attachments with parents

After all, attachment parenting was a style that worked well for us and I certainly didn't feel that it subjugated me as a woman, since we went down that path together as equal parents.

I do a lot of attachment parenting with my 20 month old twins sons, still breastfeeding, co sleeping and I am doing my best to be more environmentally friendly.

So does this mean that if we want to promote secure attachment between stressed - out parents and stressed - out infants, the best approach is essentially informational: teaching parents the techniques and behaviors that are most likely to lead to a secure attachment?

And, indeed, the most effective attachment - focused home - visiting interventions offer parents not just parenting tips but psychological and emotional support: The home visitors, through empathy and encouragement, literally make them feel better about their relationship with their infant and more secure in their identity as parents.

I know she would want nothing better for her birthday than to help parents be supported in their attachment with their children.

During my natural birth classes they were pretty much attachment parenting advocates (within limits) but they showed balance by saying that sometimes after you have done everything to calm and comfort a crying baby to no avail, if it you gets to the point where you are frustrated to the point of snapping and possibly harming the child, it is better to put him or her down step back and possibly call for help (grandparents, trusted friends) if available.

I can't tell you how well this fits into our attachment parenting lifestyle!

Suzanne at The Joyful Chaos who co-sleeps, but also says she's «not actually an advocate for co-sleeping,» drives the point home that you have to do what works best for your family in her post The Cosleeping Edition of my Attachment Parenting Freako - ness and sometimes that may very well differ from child to child.

Attachment Parenting offers many opportunities to put the family first and create healthy respectful relationships not just between parent and child, but between spouses as well.

If you strive to have the kind of connection between you and your child that brings out the best in both of you, and work to understand your child's needs and to help her feel her best, you are an attachment parent.

Although mutual attachment and bonding between parents and children occur in infancy and their early childhood, a close relationship with them should be maintained during their further development as well.

API encourages couples to research their parenting choices together, and learn about child development and attachment, as well as attend support group meetings together.

Participating in this study may benefit you by allowing you to share your story and help medical and education professionals understand and work better with parents who are a part of attachment parenting culture.

This study is being conducted by Gregory C. Robinson, PhD, Assistant Professor of the Audiology and Speech Pathology Department at the University of Arkansas - Little Rock in order to better understand the culture of attachment parenting.

And it's pretty hard not to form a strong connection and get to know your child really well when you do breastfeed, spend lots of time with them, wear or carry them everywhere you go, are available to them all night, use positive discipline and practice the other principles of attachment parenting.

The truth is that no book or parenting method can predict what will be best for you and your child, and you shouldn't feel guilty if your expectations aren't met when trying any part of attachment parenting (or parenting in general, or life in general).

With the help of a kind group of fellow attachment parenting moms, I finally realized that I was doing both my son and myself more harm than good by parenting out of fear.

One of the best resources for how to parent for a secure attachment in the first few years of life is the new book Raising A Secure Child by Kent Hoffman, Glen Cooper, and Bert Powell, all therapists who have worked with many different kinds of families for decades.

In the meantime, the word «attachment» has been co-opted by a well - meaning pediatrician and his wife, William and Martha Sears, along with some of their children and an entire parenting movement.

She also has a great understanding of women who planned to birth at home and were transferred to the hospital, as well as attachment parenting issues.

Q: Do you see these books as representing a backlash against your theory of «attachment parenting,» which says bonding early — by holding the baby or wearing him in a sling, breast - feeding, bed - sharing and responding quickly to crying — leads to a better long - term relationship?

It can provide them relief from physical discomfort, as well as, provide them with time to feel a secure attachment to their parents.

What about parents who might not have gotten a good start in life and want to change their attachment style?

I'd like to gently point out that this post seems to validate what I have found out in my experience, that Babywise is good for scheduling suggestions, troubleshooting feeding, and evaluating attachment parenting, but Baby Whisperer & HSH are much better for sleep training than Babywise.

Dagmar Bleasdale is the blogger behind the popular blog Dagmar's Home where she shares entries about attachment parenting, co-sleeping, frugal and green living, and raising a healthy, creative, well - adjusted, barely bilingual child without an Xbox.

So where does this leave me; as a self - described «follow the lead of my baby» parent... well, I followed his lead and questioned my parenting asking, «am I still an attachment parent?»

There's absolutely no reason to risk your child's safety and well - being in the name of co sleeping, so it's always a good idea to understand what the basic attachment parenting principles are when it comes to proper sleep safety.

I'm so torn because I am a firm believer in attachment parenting but I truly believe I may be hindering a better night sleep for my son (and myself).

When you're trying to decide whether or not to incorporate co sleeping into your attachment parenting setup, it's a good idea to have a solid understanding of the benefits you can expect from this practice.

Critics of attachment parenting say it takes motherhood to the extreme and is not good for the child.

The best way to make any decisions when it comes to raising your child is to be fully educated about the subject, and learning about co sleeping and attachment parenting is a great place to get started.

This includes proximity closeness as well as physical touch, and therefore babywearing is another popular activity among those who practice attachment parenting.

We'll give you a brief rundown of what attachment parenting really means as well as explain to you several different elements of co sleeping as it relates to attachment parenting.

There are a lot of reasons why attachment parenting and co sleeping work so well together, and it's a good idea to familiarize yourself with these reasons to help get a better understanding of the whole process.

He makes friends easily, and has what I think is the right amount of independence from his parents, as well as the right degree of attachment.

This approach to parenting has been shown to lead to the best outcomes in kids, including better emotional health, social skills, more resiliency, and more secure attachments with their parents.

October is Attachment Parenting Month, and I think it's a good time to write about how it works for us, and how it is helping us get through the major transition we are going through right now with me starting a new job and Sadie starting at daycare.

Choosing to stay with Cole through his nighttime needs DOES make you the best kind of Attachment Parent... the kind who uses love to guide them!

As a culture, we seem to operate under the misguided notion that attachment - style parenting is one in which parents — and particularly mothers — sacrifice their lives entirely for the good of their children, and compete over who can breastfeed the longest and make the most nutritious baby food.

The Attachment Parenting approach can be regarded as parenting guided by nature's lead — being attuned to our own feelings and instincts as well as our child's needs, such as following our natural instincts to breastfeed, respond to a crying baby and provide ample physical contact to a developing huParenting approach can be regarded as parenting guided by nature's lead — being attuned to our own feelings and instincts as well as our child's needs, such as following our natural instincts to breastfeed, respond to a crying baby and provide ample physical contact to a developing huparenting guided by nature's lead — being attuned to our own feelings and instincts as well as our child's needs, such as following our natural instincts to breastfeed, respond to a crying baby and provide ample physical contact to a developing human baby.

I was living the principles of Attachment Parenting, as well as babywearing, breastfeeding and cosleeping, before I knew the term Attachment Parenting existed.

Reading is a shared interest among many Attachment Parenting (AP) families as we all like to be well - informed when making decisions that affect our parent - child relationships.

Advocates of natural childbirth, lactivism and attachment parenting insist that they are «better for the baby.»