July 2009

It’s OK to Get Mad

July 30, 2009

Good parents don’t get mad. They’re never tempted into power struggles with their children, no matter how violent a toddler’s tantrum or how venomous a pre-teen’s backtalk or how silent a teen’s cold shoulder. Good parents never have to raise their voices or say “no.” Who is this good parent? It certainly isn’t me. But [...]

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In His Special Bed

July 22, 2009

My two and a half year old son Cavanaugh is asleep in my childhood room, the room I slept in throughout high school, weekends home from college, and which my mom still calls mine though I haven’t lived here in 21 years. Tonight is the second night my son has ever slept in a bed [...]

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The Meat of AP

July 20, 2009

I first came to Attachment Parenting like most parents do – because it felt wrong to let my baby cry herself to sleep and it felt good to hold her all the time. And I came to Attachment Parenting International, because gosh, there are a whole lot of people in the world who feel compelled [...]

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Following the Principles: Feed With Love and Respect

July 18, 2009

Part 2 of a series of 8.  Long before I knew I was pregnant with LF#5 (Loin Fruit Number Five), I’m pretty sure that T-Bird knew something was different. We had just moved into a new home, in a new city, and I figured T-Bird was seriously ramping up her nursing efforts in order to [...]

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Ina May Gaskin to Discuss Birth on API Live

July 17, 2009

Ina May Gaskin, author of Spiritual Midwifery and Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth, will be joining API Co-Founder and co-author of Attached at the Heart Barbara Nicholson and former NBC anchor Lu Hanessian on API Live on July 27, 2009. Gaskin will be speaking on the topic ”Special Delivery”: The Gift of Loving Your Best [...]

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The End Of Fertility

July 15, 2009

A few weeks ago, Justine wrote about coming to terms with an unexpected pregnancy. I’m coming to terms too, but I’m not pregnant. Instead, I’m coming to terms with the fact that I won’t be having any more babies. There’s nothing wrong with me, nothing wrong with my husband, nothing wrong with my fertility. We have [...]

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API’s 15th Anniversary Celebration – August 29-30 in Nashville

July 13, 2009

You are invited to meet the foremost authorities of API’s Parenting Principles at a one-time special event to celebrate API’s 15th Anniversary August 29 and 30 in Nashville, TN. This event has something for everyone so register everyone now and help us celebrate 15! The weekend event will feature a never-before think-tank event and reception [...]

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Striving Toward Controlled Chaos

July 12, 2009

Striving Toward Controlled Chaos By Rita Brhel, editor of The Attached Family I am naturally a very high-strung perfectionist with a short fuse. A bad combination for relationships of any sort. After seven years of marriage, my husband would now describe me as much more mellow than when he first met me. I can walk [...]

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