Personally, the greatest
thing about Attachment Parenting is that it helped me to find my way in my own parenthood.
Not exact matches
Or maybe these moms are very strongly convicted
about certain
things and find themselves aligning with
Attachment parenting, Free - range
parenting, Unparenting, the list goes on.
It's so important to find like - minded
parents who can offer their «been there, done that» stories, emotional scaffolding, and specific suggestions for when you feel confused as to what to do
about your child's behavior, or when you question whether this new
thing you're trying, like positive discipline instead of spanking, for example, is going to work out in the long term, or how exactly to keep those family
attachment bonds strong as your children grow, or how to move forward when your family encounters challenging life circumstances.
She blogs at A Little Bit of All of It
about those
things she is passionate
about like cloth diapering, breastfeeding (past infancy), bedsharing / cosleeping, baby - led solids, natural childbirth,
attachment parenting, natural living, Christianity, miscarriage awareness, babywearing, and homeschooling.
I have been reading a lot
about attachment parenting pros and cons.I think that the pros are obvious.the cons however are if the
parents decide they can not continue with for example co sleepng it is very hard on the child to then have to learn to sleep alone before they are confident enough to do so.for working
parents the seperation to a carer is very hard and also helping
parents to read the signs properly that their child wants to explore freely when they are used to protecting their little one.these are all
things parents need to be aware of when adapting this form of
parenting.I like it very much but I am a professional childcarer with additional childcare knowledge too and though
parents always know their own child best risk for example is always an immotive subject to get across to
parents that their little one needs to experience risk within of course a safe environment.
So, if you're in the throes of
attachment parenting and you're enjoying the closeness that comes along with it, I'm sure you've realized a few
things about your baby, too.
Turns out, there are
things you learn
about your baby when you
attachment parent, too, and those
things have been just as earth shaking and life - changing as the
things I have learned
about myself.
This isn't the last time I will be talking
about this «
Attachment Parenting On A Schedule»
thing!
Loving -LCB- Almost -RCB- Every Moment: Among many
things, my blog is
about: babies, preschoolers,
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I am becoming passionate
about all
things natural: natural birth, breastfeeding, cloth diapering, cosleeping,
attachment parenting, and taking baby steps to become «greener».
But, going back to your post, one of the
things I loved best
about this book was the way that she challenges the all - consuming
attachment parenting norm (along with any other norm you can think of), painting mothers as free agents, making difficult choices for their own and their childrens» survival.
We talk
about subjects from
attachment parenting, to learning and education, to the fun
things we do with our kids in Hawaii.
But if you're on the fence
about trying it out or want to know more beyond the basic principles, here are nine
things you didn't know
about attachment parenting.
Also, I hope no one misunderstands some of the
things I'm
about to say
about S. I consider myself toward the
attachment side of the
parenting continuum despite Dr. Sears (who irks me to my very core).
But there are a few
things you didn't know
about attachment parenting that could alter your decision, both positively and negatively, to follow any type of
parenting style.
Some of the
things that one would want to focus on in terms of building positive relationships are some
things that we find, for example, in
attachment research which talks
about parent - child relationships and how those change through development.
Some of these
things need to be addressed immediately (i.e.
attachment disorder) while others may not need to be tackled for several years (i.e. questions from your child
about his or her birth
parents).
As I started to read
about attachment issues, then I started to read
things by people who were doing therapeutic
parenting.
These are the basic
things that you should know
about attachment parenting.
Actually, the only
thing you need to know before we begin is that the academic meaning of «
attachment» is different from the more general and loose use of «
attachment» which we typically read
about in popular
parenting magazines etc..
Parenting a child with
attachment disorder rocked my world in a way I wasn't prepared for; motherhood had always felt like my «
thing» — what I'm good at, what I feel... [Read more...]
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