Question:
YES! There are other attachment parenting free support on the internet! We, at The Whole Family Attachment Parenting Association believe that Mothers and Fathers have equal validity in the attachment parenting style. We offer free email support, information and newsletter. Please contact our site at: http://members.tripod.com/~JudyArnall/index.html
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The Attachment Parenting Group *Free email support and information on parenting and breastfeeding *Check out the new newsgroup – alt.parenting.attachment *Network with other like-minded supportive parents a Canadian-based organization that supports parents raising their children in a gentle, natural, nurturing manner. Breastfeeding, tandem nursing, no spanking, co-sleeping, homeschooling, unschooling, non-circumcised and non-vaccinated children, full-time parenthood… If you thought that there was no one else like you in this whole world, GUESS WHAT???? There is!! We offer *****FREE***** email support, info and advice, on things that no one else seems to know – Does it relieve pain to have a waterbirth? (Yes!) What is in immunizations? ( stuff we wouldn’t eat!) Can you really delay solids? (YES!!) What happens if you get pregnant and you are still nursing? (you CAN tandem nurse!) Do children need iron supplements? (NO!) Is vegetarianism for children really safe? (DEFINITELY!) Is there anyone else nursing a 3, 4, or 5 year old?? (More than you could ever guess!) How long is it normal to have separation anxiety? ( a long time!!! 4+ years) What if your husband isn’t supportive – how do other women help their partners understand… Just to name a few. We offer this free service in the hopes that if more women and families had support,more would breastfeed, etc, and society would be facing a generation of happier, healthier children. The Attachment Parenting Group…publishes NURTURING Magazine, an international magazine " A place where parenthood is really valued, and the only degrees that count are P.H.D.’s in Motherhood and Fatherhood." Cost: $16.00 year Canadian residents (four isses per year) $20.00 Canadian, for US residents Shipping and handling included. Cheque or money order accepted (payable to Nurturing) Nurturing Magazine #373, 918 16th Avenue N.W. Calgary, Alberta T2M 0K3 CANADA Nurturing Magazine is always looking for writers too! ADDITIONAL INFO, for those still reading… Nurturing encourages, promotes, and advocates a gentle, natural, loving parenting lifestyle, focused on the immense importance of nurturing children. Nurturing strives to empower parents to raise their children in a manner which fosters harmony and attachment and leads to secure, happy, healthy families. Nurturing’s sole focus is attachment: creating attachment, maintaining attachment, and enjoying the intensity and closeness of the powerful attachment possible between parents and children. The Attachment Parenting Group advocates & supports the following, which facilitate bonding and attachment: -peaceful, gentle birth & pregnancy, home birth, waterbirth -long term breastfeeding & child-chosen weaning -nursing during pregnancy & tandem nursing -nurturing babies cries & needs -carrying/wearing baby/toddler in a sling -Nightime Nurturing in a family bed -gentle, loving, non-punitive discipline -quiet, gentle, non-violent, creative toys and play -homeschooling/ unschooling -family travel & activities -little or no separation of mother & baby for at least 4 years -a gentle, natural, healthy parenting lifestyle -non-authoritarian parenting -no infant alteration -mutual respect between parents and children The Attachment Parenting Group (TAPG) is not a group to support "attachment parenting". The Attachment Parenting Group’s focus is attachment.
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