November 2011

API Response to the Milwaukee Anti-Bedsharing Campaign

November 21, 2011

API’s response to the Milwaukee Anti-Bedsharing Campaign and the report aired today on NBC’s The Today Show and on ABC news: Our hearts are broken at the loss of precious lives in Wisconsin. API is moved by and shares this passion to definitively halt similar ongoing sleep-related tragedies. We also agree and support information that [...]

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Miscarriage – The Silent Empty Box

November 18, 2011

To be filled with life is something.  To be pregnant with a growing little miracle of science and nature in your belly is beautiful.  To lose a pregnancy is sad.  The feeling is surrounded with so many emotions.  Guilt, loss, nothing, emptiness, aching, breaking, bending into shadows dark.  I had to take a break today and submerge myself [...]

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Playful Parenting with Older Children and Teens

November 17, 2011

How does playtime change as kids get older? How can parents adapt their approach to playful parenting after kids outgrow the desire to get silly, wrestle, and pretend? How can we achieve the same results with our teenagers that we can by playing “tickle monster” with our toddlers? American parenting educator Kelly Bartlett answers on [...]

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Love Not Always Floodlights and Fireworks, but Sometimes It Is

November 16, 2011

My son is sleeping on my husband’s chest. Snuggled in an O against his broad shoulders in a snuggly nest. Resting easy, gently. American parenting blogger Megan Oteri continues on The Attached Family online magazine at http://theattachedfamily.com/membersonly/?p=2874

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This week on The Attached Family online magazine…

November 15, 2011

Reflections on Motherhood Poet and children’s author Barbara Benjamin is the mother of a 26-year-old daughter. She received a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from Auburn University in 1979. While her daughter was young, she happily chose to be a stay-at-home mother. When the school days arrived, she became a substitute teacher in the local [...]

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API Speaks – Changes on the Horizon

November 14, 2011

I’m writing to you today to share with you the news about some big changes on the horizon at API Speaks.  I am returning to school in January to complete my Master’s degree and will be stepping down as the Managing Editor of API’s blog.  The blog will still be live and the contributing editors [...]

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