April 2010

Tickle Me Not

April 30, 2010

At first glance, tickle games appear to be times of fun and joy. When you tickle a child, the child laughs. What’s not fun about that? But think about the typical tickling game: 1) it is initiated by the adult: tickle-fests are normally started by the parent. The child may run screaming and laughing away [...]

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Before You Spank

April 27, 2010

I once saw a poll in a parenting magazine about spanking that I found interesting. The choices were A–parents who used spanking as a form of discipline and were fine with it B–parents who made a conscious decision to not spank and C–parents who used spanking but wished they didn’t. What struck me most about [...]

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She’s Sleeping in Her Own Room Now

April 21, 2010

My daughter is six and guess where she is sleeping now? In her own room. That’s right, babies who cosleep grow up into young children who cosleep but don’t always turn into high school students that still need the comfort provided by sleeping in your room. When my son began cosleeping I heard many people [...]

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Respond With Sensitivity Blog Carnival – 2010

April 16, 2010

Welcome to this month’s edition of the 2010 Attachment Parenting International Blog Carnivals. Today’s carnival focuses on the 3rd Principle of Parenting – Respond With Sensitivity. Here’s an excerpt from the Principle: You can build the foundation of trust and empathy by understanding and responding appropriately to your infant’s needs. Babies communicate their needs in [...]

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API’s Blog Celebrates its Second Anniversary

April 15, 2010

Today, API Speaks, the blog of Attachment Parenting International, celebrates its second anniversary. On April 15, 2008, API Speaks launched and became part of the Attachment Parenting International publication family. During the past two years we’ve seen our readership grow and we’ve had some great bloggers share their attachment parenting stories through the blog. Here’s [...]

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Children And Puppies

April 14, 2010

After some of the initial furor over an article published in Time regarding spanking as an indicator of aggressive behavior in children died down, I had some time to reflect not only on the article, but the response to it. As an AP family, we don’t spank, and the reasons behind that decision are many. [...]

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Spring Mini Series Installment #1 – Baby Training and the Breast

April 12, 2010

Baby training stems from the idea that babies need to become independent as quickly as possible. It is beneficial to everyone involved if a baby conforms to some sort of schedule. The primary thought being that babies need to fit in to the family instead of the family flexing around the new child. The starting [...]

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The Community Communion Table

April 7, 2010

Food is a big deal in my family and in our community. Meals, especially dinner, are when everyone gets together. They are loud and they last a long time. No one seems to be in a hurry to get them over with. Dinner prep is usually fairly chaotic with everyone in and out of the [...]

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