AP is "attachment parenting" - there was a supposed expose on it on 60 minutes on sunday which totally misrepresented the conept by focusing on one or two extreme examples - kind of like doing a story on how bad smacking is by profiling a family where kids are regularly belted black and blue. Attachmentparenting.org actually explains what it stands for (love your child, cuddle them lots, BF if you can, and if you can't cuddle them while feeding, co-sleep, but if you don't want to sleep close to them - nothing freaky really). I am with those who are against kids pooing in front yards but I really doubt every AP parent is into natural elimination (another term for it I think). Kind of like saying if you are in favour of "controlled crying/comforting" that you are also into depriving your two year old of her toys because she didn't make her bed (!!) Like I think the consensus is, from those on both "sides" (not that I think there should be sides in parenting) - commercial tabloid journalism ain't the most objective TV around...
ETA: Enigma I am with you that we should all be able to raise our kids the way we see fit. DH and I have found it really useful, however, to hear other peoples' stories and viewpoints. We have taken the approach of listen to and read as many views as possible and try and work out what works for our family.
Last edited by Roryrory; October 24th, 2006 at 01:38 PM.
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