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Parents that need to be slapped, by Steve Schirripa.

The 8 Basic Principles of Attachment Parenting

BEYOND THE SLING author Mayim Bialik shares the 8 basic principles of attachment parenting:

1. Birth: Prepare for birth and become educated about natural birth options and their benefits for baby and mother.

2. Breastfeeding/breast milk: A human mother’s milk is the optimal food for human babies, and bottle feeding should mimic as many aspects of breastfeeding as possible.

3. Be sensitive: Respond sensitively to your children.

4. Bonding through touch: Use physical contact such as baby wearing, breastfeeding, and massage to convey tenderness, love, and affection.

5. Bedding: Parent your children at night as well as in the day, looking to safe co‑sleeping as an option.

6. Be there: Ensure consistent parenting by a primary caregiver or a trained and sensitive substitute.

7. Be gentle: Use positive discipline, forgoing corporal punishment.

8. Balance: Balance your needs with those of your child.


Read more on the basics of attachment parenting here.
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A glimpse into CARLY’S VOICE, available March 27th. 

At the age of two, Carly was diagnosed with severe autism and developmental delay.  Doctors predicted that she would never intellectually develop beyond the abilities of a small child.  As the years went by, Carly remained unable to speak, unreachable.  Then, at the age of ten, she had a breakthrough by typing on her laptop “HELP TEETH HURT.”  By the time she was twelve, her family finally started to catch a glimpse of who she truly was.  Although Carly, now seventeen, cannot speak in the traditional sense, she communicates through typing and online conversation with family members, therapists, and the thousands of fans who follow her via her blog, Facebook, and Twitter.

Carly is a fierce advocate for autism awareness, and in CARLY’S VOICE – one of the first books to explore firsthand the challenges of living with autism – Arthur Fleishmann, Carly’s father, blends Carly’s own words with his story of getting to know his remarkable daughter.

www.carlysvoice.com

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