Parenting Links

Attachment Parenting is a parenting method that is based in attachment theory.  The Eight Principles are intended to help parents better understand normal child development, to help parents identify their children’s needs, and to aid parents in responding to their children with respect and empathy. By educating themselves about children’s health and development, parents will become more conscious of and attuned to their children’s needs when making decisions….read more about Attachment Parenting here:

www.attachmentparenting.org

 

A really great resource that I have recently stumbled upon is Gentle Christian Mothers.  As much as I love the Attachment Parenting methods, I have always struggled with the discipline Principle a little, being that I am a Christian and have the Bible to abide by when it comes to disciplining my child.  I found this website today and the outlook from the Attachment point of view meshed together from a Christian perspective is really refreshing and feels completely right to me as a mother.

www.gentlechristianmothers.com