My mother practiced attachment parenting with me back when most parents probably wouldn't know what that was; she breastfed me until I was nearly four years old, co-slept, wore me in a sling. She did this because it seemed to her to be the most natural thing. Her own mother didn't do any of these things so it was certainly an approach she just sort of came up with lol. I've read a lot about attachment parenting and practice the same with my daughter. I do think my mother did better than I'm doing but. I disagree with how my mother handled me as a toddler and from then on though. I don't plan to ever use corporal punishment as my mother did (though I do think that was out of desperation more than an actual belief in its effectiveness). The main thing I disagree with though is the fact that my mum let me do more or less whatever I wanted as a teenager; drinking, smoking and drugs (Well, pot anyway) at 13, having my BF sleep over at 16. I used to dissapear for days and turn up whenever I felt like it. I'm definately not going to allow my DD to do these things.