New Changes At Attachment Parenting International
We consider ourselves to be an AP family. We both read a book by Dr. Sears called The Attachment Parenting Book when I was pregnant with our son and it really resonated with us. We both felt that this was the intuitive way to parent, the way it was meant to be. It just feels right and it is respectful and loving to the child. We find that the benefits are really worth the effort.
Our son, now 4, is very social, kind and independent. He feels secure in going out and experiencing new situations with making new friends and he has so much compassion for others. He’s really tuned in to the needs of his peers. He is generally a very happy, imaginative, fun guy. He is, however, a very sensitive type of personality and was a high-needs baby and I feel that if we didn’t follow the 8 principles of AP as best we could, he would have turned out very differently.
The high touch and responsiveness of this philosophy is really very beneficial especially for a high needs child. I highly recommend this type of parenting philosophy for any aged child.
Attachment Parenting International (API), a non-profit organization that promotes parenting practices that create strong, healthy emotional bonds between children and their parents, has several exciting changes they would like to announce, including:
- A newly redesigned web site and new logo at Attachment Parenting.org;
- Attachment parenting worldwide support forums;
- Parent Education Program – a comprehensive series of classes for every stage and age of child development from infancy through adulthood;
- A new book based on API’s Eight Principles of Attachment Parenting by API co-founders Lysa Parker and Barbara Nicholson which is expected to be available this summer;
- A series of podcasts, webinars, chats, and forums with API Advisory Board members and other supporters of AP. Future events are scheduled with Dr. Bob Sears, Dr. James McKenna, and Kathleen Kendall Tacket. Check out the events page for more information.
These are just a few of many exciting things going on at API. I hope you’ll stop by and check it out for yourself.
April 01 2008 11:33 pm | Home and activism and birth and news and parenting and society
April 18th, 2009 at 10:48 am
My wife and I are AP and I can see a real difference in how our children are compared to others. It reall pays to raise you children with that kind of respect.