2006-07-30 15:22:31 · 4 answers · asked by severina418 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
Attachment parenting is about connecting with your child and meeting your child's needs. It's about letting the child lead sometimes (such as child-lead weaning) and about respecting the child.
Attachment Parenting is a philosophy based in the practice of nurturing parenting practices that create strong emotional bonds, also known as secure attachment, between the infant and parent(s). This style of parenting encourages responsiveness to the infant or child's emotional needs, and develops trust that their emotional needs will be met. As a result, this strong attachment helps the child develop secure, empathic, peaceful, and enduring relationships.
2006-07-30 15:30:34 · answer #1 · answered by momma2mingbu 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Attachment parenting describes a parenting approach rooted in attachment theory. Attachment theory proposes that the infant has a tendency to seek closeness to another person and feel secure when that person is present. In comparison, Sigmund Freud proposed that attachment was a consequence of the need to satisfy various drives. In attachment theory, children attach to their parents because they are social beings, not just because they need other people to satisfy drives and attachment is part of normal child development.
2006-07-30 22:26:28 · answer #2 · answered by Lyssa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think a lot of people take attachment parenting too far, but a little bit of attachment never hurt anyone. Breastfeeding is something that APs do, and so is co-sleeping. I think both of those things are wonderful, healthy things to do.. BUT some parents take it way too far. They breastfeed until the child is 3 (or older!!) and that is ridiculous. Then they let them co-sleep until the CHILD decides he/she wants to go to their own bed.. they, in essence, let the child control everything. The child stops breastfeeding when HE/SHE wants.. not when the parent wants. I think it's losing control of your child very early in life, but that's just my opinion. It can be a wonderful thing (wearing the baby in a sling, using cloth diapers, etc) but it can also be crazy (breastfeeding a five year old!).
2006-07-30 22:50:14 · answer #3 · answered by Sadie 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
someone who won't let their kids do for thierself.
2006-07-30 22:25:55 · answer #4 · answered by baby11kc 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋