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Check out our list of books that are popular for parents
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The Attachment Parenting Book
William & Martha Sears
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reviewed this book. However, the Sear's books have an
excellent reputation for evidence based care, helpful information
and being supportive of parent's choices.
Amazon Review: Is it OK to sleep with your newborn baby? How old is
too old for breastfeeding? These questions and more are answered in
this latest addition to the Sears Parenting Library. Attachment
Parenting encourages early, strong, and sustained attention to the
new baby's needs and this book outlines the steps that will create
the most lasting bonds between parents and their children. Practical
and inspirational, this book, the heart of the Sears' parenting
creed, is a necessity for every new parents' bookshelf. |
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Three in a Bed
Deborah Jackson
A great book on bed-sharing. Easy to read for those who are
already committed to the idea as well as those who are not
sure.
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Attachment Parenting
Katie Allison Granju
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Amazon Review: "Attachment to and dependency on parents...
is a normal, healthy aspect of childhood and not something
that needs to be discouraged." This quote from Attachment
Parenting: Instinctive Care for Your Baby and Young Child
sums up the attitude behind the growing shift in many
Western cultures toward a labor-intensive but arguably more
rewarding, effective, and "natural" way to raise children.
This philosophy, termed "Attachment Parenting" by its
champion, pediatrician and father of eight Dr. William
Sears, sees infants not as manipulative adversaries who must
be "trained" to eat, sleep, and play when told, but as
dependent yet autonomous human beings whose wants and needs
are intelligible to the parent willing to listen, and who
deserve to be responded to in a reasonable and sensitive
manner. As with Sears's books, there are no plans or
schedules here, no specific prescriptions for what to do
with your child. Techniques to facilitate connection and
communication are outlined, but mostly the book is an
exhortation to listen and to trust yourself, and to
trust your child's ability to convey to you what he or she
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Crying Baby, Sleepless Nights
Sandy Jones
An easy to
read book covering how to cope with a crying or sleepless
baby, with an emphasis on keeping the baby close. Sandy
reinforces the importance of parents adjusting their
expectations rather than expecting the baby to be trained to
sleep through the night. |
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| What to look for in a good book
on parenting |
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A good parenting book should be clear about the
perspective that it takes form the beginning. If the book is supporting
and explaining attachment parenting for example, this should be made
clear from the outset. Other options should be explained but not judged
as each parenting style is as unique as you are. |
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