Our mission is to educate and support all parents in raising secure, joyful, and empathic children in order to strengthen families and create a more compassionate world. http://www.attachmentparenting.org Attachment Parenting International advises its members and supporters that information submitted via the API web site is part of a secure process and is not affected by the status of the web site. We do apologize for any inconvenience for the recent unavailability of the web site caused to you, our members, leaders, forum users, donors, advertisers, and other supporters. With assistance from kind volunteers and our web hosting service, API has taken the necessary strategies to assure the security of the web site against malicious tampering and ensure uninterrupted service to you. Thank you for your patience and continued support of Attachment Parenting International. http://www.attachmentparenting.org/news/news.php#security >http://www.attachmentparenting.org/news/news.php#security August 29, 2008 - BOLD, comprised of local grassroots childbirth activists, is alarmed by a recent resolution this summer sponsored by the ACOG and adopted by the AMA suggesting home birth and "lay" midwives are not safe options for giving birth despite clear medical evidence to the contrary. BOLD challenges this assertion and believes resolutions like this significantly jeopardize the right every woman has to make the birth choice that works for her. http://www.attachmentparenting.org/news/news.php#boldbirth http://www.attachmentparenting.org/news/news.php#boldbirth August 28, 2008 - Attachment Parenting chapters across the country are recognizing Attachment Parenting Month through local events spotlighting the importance of giving children presence. http://www.attachmentparenting.org/news/news.php#apmonth08 http://www.attachmentparenting.org/news/news.php#apmonth08 August 22, 2008 - This month, Childbirth Connection released its latest New Mothers Speak Out survey report, in which researchers explored the increasing diagnosis of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among postpartum mothers. http://www.attachmentparenting.org/news/news.php#newmothersspeakout http://www.attachmentparenting.org/news/news.php#newmothersspeakout August 13, 2008 - Please Join Infant Massage USA for the International Association of Infant Massage - Sweden 9th International Educational Conference and General Assembly in Denver, Colorado at the Omni Interlocken Resort. Speakers include API Advisory Board member Stephen Bavolek, Douglas Teti, Carole Oleksiak, and more! Don't forget to come by API's table to chat with Co-Founder Barbara Nicholson about her new book and everything that's happening at API. http://www.attachmentparenting.org/events/events.php#infantmassageusa http://www.attachmentparenting.org/events/events.php#infantmassageusa August 9, 2008 - Infant Massage USA today announced the release of a video produced by Discovery Communications, and featuring IMUSA Executive Director Linda Storm, on Discovery Health Channel's Deliver Me web site. The video, titled "Deliver Me: Baby Massage", spotlights the benefits of infant massage in addition to providing instruction on how to massage an infant. http://www.attachmentparenting.org/news/news.php#deliverme http://www.attachmentparenting.org/news/news.php#deliverme August 6, 2008 - Participate in a survey put together by API Resource Advisory Board Member Kathleen Kendall-Tackett and Thomas Hale to help document Mothers' Sleep and Fatigue. This study is open to all mothers with babies 0-12 months old. http://www.attachmentparenting.org/news/news.php#fatigue http://www.attachmentparenting.org/news/news.php#fatigue August 5, 2008 - Please help support our friends at the Center for Effective Discipline as they debate "parenting expert" John Rosemond on the question "Is spanking an effective form of discipline?" http://www.attachmentparenting.org/news/news.php#cedspank http://www.attachmentparenting.org/news/news.php#cedspank August 5, 2008 - Join author Jan Hunt for a discussion of her book, The Natural Child: Parenting from the Heart, on API Reads. http://www.attachmentparenting.org/events/events.php#readjan http://www.attachmentparenting.org/events/events.php#readjan July 21, 2008 - Carla Moquin, President of the Parenting in the Workplace Institute released a new how-to-guide to help parents who want to bring their infants to work with them. Moquin was recently interviewed on API Speaks, the blog of Attachment Parenting International, about the new guide and her work to give parents who return to work more childcare options. http://www.attachmentparenting.org/news/news.php#cmoquin http://www.attachmentparenting.org/news/news.php#cmoquin July 21, 2008 - Scotland's National Health Service plans to release new breastfeeding guidance for mothers later this year, including the recommendation that "babies should be given only breast milk for the first six months, and then continue to be breastfed for a further 18 months while they are eating solid food." http://www.attachmentparenting.org/news/news.php#scotebf http://www.attachmentparenting.org/news/news.php#scotebf July 10, 2008 - La Leche League of Washington will hold its Area Conference on October 17-19, 2008, in Redmond, WA. Lysa Parker and Barbara Nicholson will be presenting sessions, promoting their new book, and doing a book signing at this event. http://www.attachmentparenting.org/events/events.php#lllwa08 http://www.attachmentparenting.org/events/events.php#lllwa08 July 10, 2008 - ATTACh will hold its 20th Annual Conference on September 24-27, 2008, in Charlotte, NC. API Co-Founders Barbara Nicholson and Lysa Parker will be attending this conference to talk about and sign their new book. http://www.attachmentparenting.org/events/events.php#attach08 http://www.attachmentparenting.org/events/events.php#attach08