AP

A Guiding Presence

October 8, 2008

My daughter is four and very angry at me. She doesn’t know that watching too much television is not good for her, in so many ways. She doesn’t know how much better it is physically, mentally, and emotionally, for her to play outside instead. She just knows that she wants to watch Dora, and that [...]

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Compassion and attachment parenting

September 12, 2008

After having my own children (now 7 and 2 years old) and watching them interact with other children in different situations, I’m convinced that compassion is learned by modeling the behavior. Attachment parenting is an excellent way to teach your children about compassion and what it means to consider other people around you and how your [...]

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Am I Practicing Attachment Parenting?

September 11, 2008

This is a question that I have struggled with a lot in the four-and-a-half years, since I had my first son, Ryan, and discovered there was a parenting philosophy that lined up with my parenting views.  I questioned if I didn’t practice all elements of AP, could I really call myself an “attached parent?” (This [...]

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Getting Dad into the Game

September 9, 2008

I often hear new moms tell me they are pumping so that dad can give the new baby a bottle. Over and over I hear that they want dad to feel involved and feeding an infant a bottle is just the way to do it. As the mother of four, this seems redundant to me. [...]

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