This philosophy, termed «
Attachment Parenting» by its champion, pediatrician and father of eight Dr. William Sears (author of the popular child - care manual The Baby Book, among others), sees
infants not as manipulative adversaries who must be «trained» to eat, sleep, and play when
told, but as dependent yet autonomous human beings whose wants and needs are intelligible to the parent willing to listen, and who deserve to be responded to in a reasonable and sensitive manner.