API in Virginia

API of Ashburn, Virginia

API of Fredericksburg, Virginia

API of Northern Virginia meets on the second Friday of each month from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Reston Regional Library, Reston, VA, and on the first Tuesday of each month from 1-3 p.m. at Dolley Madison Library, McLean, VA.

There's also a Quarterly meeting at Pohick Regional Library, Burke, VA, from 3-5 p.m. on varying Saturdays. Please contact leaders for more information.

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.