Those are commonly known and socially accepted principles, but how do they work in practice? When parents ask: Kangaroo Care takes so much time, when do we provide it? We say: always. Secure safe sleep, physically and emotionallyĪim for balance in private and family life Prepare yourself for the pregnancy, labour and parenthood William Sears’s principles of Attachment Parenting may seem too obvious and commonly known: The question is not whether or not you should breastfeed, but how you should do it in public.
What we take into consideration is not only the matters of health, but also economics and comfort. It’s not that we question its principles, but should we really describe sleeping of the parents and the baby in the same bed as “co-sleeping technique”? If a mother decides to use all of her maternity and parental leave, staying with the child until he or she enters kindergarten, should we refer to her decision as “natural parenting”? Should John Bowlby’s “theory of attachment” be used to justify the importance of the parents’ presence in the first phase of the baby’s development for his or her feeling of safety and understanding of human relationships? We have not strained as far from traditional upbringing as highly industrialised countries, where breastfeeding is rare and seen as a sign of eco outlooks or belonging to a subculture of sorts. In Poland, however, it evokes mixed feelings. The Attachment Parenting theory is becoming extremely popular in the US (all over the world, actually – “The Attachment Parenting” by William and Martha Sears is an international bestseller, treated by many as the parenting bible). There are only 24 hours in a day, though… The number of activities we undertake becomes the measure of our life’s attractiveness.
We are led to increase our activity at work and outside of it, five days a week and on weekends. Millions of products fight for our money, and millions of activities fight for our attention and time. The most valuable gift you can give to your child is not money or anything that can be bought with money – clothes, toys, gadgets, strollers, slings or car seats – it is time.
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