API in Tennessee

API of Knoxville

API of Mt. Juliet

Nashville API meets on the third Sunday of each month from 3 to 5 pm at the Blakemore United Methodist Church, 3601 W End Ave, Nashville, TN 37205. (Directions: take I-440 to West End Ave exit 1A, Turn left onto Bowling Ave to park and enter the church.)

TriCities Parenting, API, meets on the first Saturday of each month at 11:30 am at Shakti of the Mountains, 409 East Unaka Ave., Johnson City, TN 37601, and on the second Wednesday of each month at 11:00 am in the Bristol Public Library children's section.

Attachment Parenting is a philosophy based in the practice of nurturing parenting methods 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.
Attachment Parenting International (API) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit member organization, networking with parents, professionals and like-minded organizations around the world. In addition to providing assistance in forming attachment parenting support groups, API provides educational materials, research information, consultative, referral and speaker services to promote attachment parenting concepts.