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Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Questions About Time Magazine's Attachment Parenting Cover Story
In the same way we should avoid religious extremism and political extremism, perhaps we ought to avoid parenting extremes as well. Inappropriate helicopter parenting potentially snuffs out a child's initiative, individuality, and sense of self. Attachment parenting runs the same risk.
05/17/2012 - 10:00 AM
Breathe into it: parenting as yoga
Breathe into it: parenting as yoga, and other tips from our expert on how to become a better, more effective parent, while also maintaining your own sanity and well-being.
05/14/2012 - 11:03 AM
Time breast-feeding cover: On parenting, can we all get along?
Parenting trends – including 'attachment parenting' – come and go, but fervent debate about tactics is rooted in widespread parental insecurity and the so-called middle class 'mommy wars.' Â
05/11/2012 - 03:49 PM
Attachment Child Makes Unconvincing Argument for Attachment Parenting
The Time magazine cover on "attachment parenting" featuring a 26-year-old mom breast-feeding her nearly 4-year-old son—the one that we were all talking about Thursday—has made it to the Today show, along with the mom, Jamie Lynne Grumet, and her child, Aaron. The Today show avoids talk of breasts (the elephant in the room, as it were) and instead focuses on the parenting aspect of the story ...
05/11/2012 - 11:36 AM
Parenting Advice with a Side of Anxiety
"Parenting for Peace: Raising the Next Generation of Peacemakers" by Dr. Marcy Axness (Sentient Publications, 2012, $18.95) offers a fascinating look into new research ranging from brain chemistry to human growth and development.
05/09/2012 - 06:21 PM
Are You Mom Enough? Inside the Rise of Extreme Parenting
For this week's TIME cover story (available to subscribers here), I explored the personal history and legacy of Dr. William Sears, the father of a child-rearing philosophy called attachment parenting. As the author of more than 40 books on parenting and pregnancy, Sears is a familiar figure to many American mothers and fathers. Some parents subscribe to his theory that attachment parenting ...
05/10/2012 - 11:56 AM
John Rosemond: The Destructive Propaganda Of Attachment Parenting
The May 21 cover story in Time Magazine is all about "why attachment parenting drives some mothers to extremes — and how Dr. Bill Sears became their guru." That is the article's subtitle. All I can say, somewhat hopefully, is "at last."
05/15/2012 - 09:45 AM
VIDEO: Parenting talk by Dr. William Sears draws crowd
Parenting speech: Dr. William Sears, who was quoted in a recent controversial Time Magazine article about breastfeeding, speaks in Palm Desert on Saturday, May 12, 2012.
05/13/2012 - 04:16 AM
Parenting through the obstacles, local moms author book
Who better to write a book on parenting than a group of parents?
05/14/2012 - 01:51 PM
Five parenting tips to put a stop to your child's whining
Five parenting tips to help put a stop to your child's whining around the house. From infant to adolescent, whining is a normal stage of development, but the way you handle the situation can mean the difference between conflict resolution and misery.
05/09/2012 - 11:18 AM
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