Attachment Parenting
Last April, a giant news story was on every news channel and was on the covers of many newspapers and magazines for weeks. This nightmare of the Columbine massacre impacted citizens across the nation. What compelled Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, two young teenage boys, to open fire on an innocent high school, killing thirteen people and then, killing themselves? What were they thinking? Who is to blame? Do we blame the music they listened to, the video games they played, the high school cliques they were not a part of? No one may ever know who or what is to blame, but one group of parents interviewed by 20/20 claim to have an explanation for these seemingly unexplainable phenomena. They say the answer lies with the parents and their method of parenting. This group of guardians suggest a type of child rearing called attachment parenting. "They believe the style of parenting they practice will inoculate their children against ever becoming troubled" (1). Attachment parenting is a style of parenting in which the mother and father spend as much as time as possible with the baby, "physically connected'' to the child. "While other parents use the help of walkers, playpens,
studied 280 cases and concluded that the children of working mothers the parents. Too much focus on the children and not enough on the marriage, they say inevitably leads to problems. And these parents reiterate that it takes a strong marriage to survive the demands of attachment parenting," (6). There is absolutely no evidence to support the notion that children are With such an extreme focus on the parents being "physically connected" to the child, is it feasible for both parents to work? Dr. William Sears, a supporter of attachment parenting, told Dr. Snyderman that, "Lots of moms have the type of jobs that they can wear their babies to work - a clerk in a toy store...a real estate agent" (7). While there might be jobs that allow mothers to have their children with them, the work place is not an ideal environment for children. Preschools and day cares offer an alternative for working mothers. However, preschools and day cares are not an option for attachment parents. In an article titled, "Guilt and the Working Mother," Shirley Radl, the author, states that: damaged or deprived when their mothers work. Dr Mary Howell, a
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