Recommended Reads – Responses to TIME’s Attachment Parenting Article
This week TIME magazine ran a cover picture that caused more than a small media frenzy! The controversial image was to do with the main article about the Attachment Parenting trend sweeping the States. It was called “Are you Mom enough?”. The image featured a 26 year-old mother breastfeeding her almost 4 year-old son (see above) Feedback was fast and furious with responses from almost every major newspaper and mommy blogger out there! I rounded up a few of the interesting items for you to read through and make up your own mind on this topic
TIME magazines complete coverage on “Are you mom enough”
The Science behind Dr Sears. Does it stand up? – TIME Ideas
Confessions of an Accidental Attachment Parent: Once you get sucked in, it’s hard to back out - TIME Ideas
Shocking TIME magazine cover show mother, 26, breastfeeding son, almost 4 – Daily Mail
I was the TIME magazine mother and barely lived to tell the tale – The Stir
No. I am not Mom Enough – Lisa Belkin for The Huffington Post
Mommy Wars. TIME Magazine’s Latest Breastfeeding Cover Sparks A Whole New Controversy – Mommyish
Kid from breastfeeding cover is totally screwed – Mommyish
About the whole magazine cover thing – Nish Happens
Image: TIME magazine
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3 Responses to “Recommended Reads – Responses to TIME’s Attachment Parenting Article”
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Great cover and read! I think it is very sad that peopel are not able to raise their children without raising eyebrows. Years ago it was the norm, but soceity now syas otherwise. Do what works for you!
Hi Kathryn …as you can see I am playing ‘ catch up’ this morning and am in chatterbox mode. But I just had to comment on this topic. I have not read Dr Sears myself, but have heard a great deal about his child rearing practices from my daughter Kelly. She is one of the ‘ attachment parenting’ parents. It all started after the birth of her eldest child, Liam. He was a very needy baby, always restless and always crying. Living away from home in Dubai and being in the health profession, she took to trawling the internet to find solutions that would work for her. Finally she settled with Dr Sears and it has worked wonderfully for her.
She has ‘ attachment parented’ both her children, despite the fact that Allegra was not a needy baby.
However, let me hasten to add, that she did not take it as far as the image on the Time Mag portrays. She weaned her children from the breast at an appropriate age.
Yes, -it is a very different style of parenting and takes some getting used to for all parties around the family. I had to allow Kelly to educate me into it as well and now understand the concept and its history.
Both children have blossomed in their confidence, creativity and intelligence. But the most obvious is that they trust the world around them – so much so that they feel no constraints in fully expressing themselves. Which is very hard for others around who don’t understand what is happening. For so long we have lived and parented within the tight constraints that generations past have influenced us with. Many are seeking new ways that work for them.
This parenting style will not work for everyone, but those who buy into it, have to be utterly convinced of it in order to remain true to its practice.
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Great cover and read! I think it is very sad that peopel are not able to raise their children without raising eyebrows. Years ago it was the norm, but soceity now syas otherwise. Do what works for you!
Hi Kathryn …as you can see I am playing ‘ catch up’ this morning and am in chatterbox mode. But I just had to comment on this topic. I have not read Dr Sears myself, but have heard a great deal about his child rearing practices from my daughter Kelly. She is one of the ‘ attachment parenting’ parents. It all started after the birth of her eldest child, Liam. He was a very needy baby, always restless and always crying. Living away from home in Dubai and being in the health profession, she took to trawling the internet to find solutions that would work for her. Finally she settled with Dr Sears and it has worked wonderfully for her.
She has ‘ attachment parented’ both her children, despite the fact that Allegra was not a needy baby.
However, let me hasten to add, that she did not take it as far as the image on the Time Mag portrays. She weaned her children from the breast at an appropriate age.
Yes, -it is a very different style of parenting and takes some getting used to for all parties around the family. I had to allow Kelly to educate me into it as well and now understand the concept and its history.
Both children have blossomed in their confidence, creativity and intelligence. But the most obvious is that they trust the world around them – so much so that they feel no constraints in fully expressing themselves. Which is very hard for others around who don’t understand what is happening. For so long we have lived and parented within the tight constraints that generations past have influenced us with. Many are seeking new ways that work for them.
This parenting style will not work for everyone, but those who buy into it, have to be utterly convinced of it in order to remain true to its practice.
Thank you Rose for your insightful and informative comment – it is great to hear from someone who has some experience in this albeit as a granny! I think the best option in the “mommy wars” debate is to give each mom the freedom to choose their own style and not to fill intimidated by someone else’s lifestyle but to embrace our own with confidence! Thanks again for your chit chat – I love hearing from readers who are in a “chatty” mood – it makes for great reading and interaction…