Parenting with Attachment in Mind
“Family is the most important thing in the world.” ~ Princess Diana
API Leader Kathryn Abbott, API’s Leader Connections editor
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A baby who shares games with caregivers will share their hearts with others.
John Bowlby, the father of Attachment Theory, whose ground-breaking research set the foundation for Attachment Parenting, playing with his son, (Sir) Richard Bowlby (Bt), who now serves on Attachment Parenting International‘s Advisory Board and lectures worldwide about his father’s work
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Of course, every human community is not perfect. But when you provide young children with their basic needs, they are less aggressive and self-centered.
API Leader Candice Garrison and family
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The effect of non-parental childcare is insignificant compared to the influence that parental presence has on early child development. And the effect of parental presence is more noticeable on early child development than in later years. The more presence by a parent, especially by the mother, in early childhood — the greater the influence on her child.
API Leader Tina McRorie with family. Read her story of how prioritizing the attachment needs of her sons shaped her career.
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The importance of self-confidence cannot be understated. Self-esteem is widely considered to be one of the most, if not the single most, important characteristic of an individual’s well-being. Maximum parental presence in a baby’s first year of life is especially beneficial to social-emotional skill development that leads to a healthy self-esteem.
API Leader Megan Bell with family. Read her story of how she balances her singing career with the attachment needs of her daughter.
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Sara Kuc and family
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Babies lock their experiences into procedural memory vaults that will be inaccessible, but apparent in later behavior and attitudes.
Jim Parker, husband of cofounder Lysa Parker, and their grand-daughter
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“If you do that every time he cries, he’ll never learn to be independent,” she said over her shoulder.
I wish I would run into her again so I could show her my independent, friendly, confident little boy and tell her, “See this? It’s because I’ve always been there for him.”
Read the full story on APtly Said.
Submitted by Stephanie Brown
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