{"id":3556,"date":"2010-04-01T01:10:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-01T06:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=3615"},"modified":"2010-04-01T17:13:23","modified_gmt":"2010-04-01T22:13:23","slug":"pagan-parenting-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2010\/04\/01\/pagan-parenting-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Pagan Parenting"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An Introduction to Attachment Parenting<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Did you carry your son around in a sling during his fussy times as a baby with the sense that it would help him?\u00a0 Do you bend down and look in your daughter\u2019s eyes when trying to discipline her?\u00a0 Do you treat your teenager with respect and listen to their desires before you give them an answer?\u00a0 Then you are practicing Attachment Parenting and you may have not even known it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Attachment Parenting is a term that was coined by Dr. William Sears.\u00a0 His life\u2019s work as a father and pediatrician along with the insight and mothering of his wife Nancy and the raising of 8 children led to instincts that many parents use routinely being given a terminology.<\/span><\/p>\n

Before you start to worry about not having time to read about how to parent or think that your child is a pre-teen and as such will not benefit from these ideas please don\u2019t worry.\u00a0 These theories are based on what so many parents already do.\u00a0 Also you may think these are for the more \u201cgranola style\u201d pagans who choose to breastfeed, co-sleep or wear colorful slings but it goes way beyond political leanings or lifestyle trends.\u00a0\u00a0 The fundamental goal of attachment parenting is to: \u201craise children who will become adults with a highly developed capacity for empathy and connection.\u201d\u00a0 Regardless of political leanings or whether you work for a corporation or a non-profit we all strive to raise children who will have empathy for others and seek out positive connections with their fellow human beings.\u00a0 So this method is a win\/win for society in general.<\/span><\/p>\n

As the title suggests this is an introduction to this method.\u00a0 There are many great resources that you can look to for further guidance on this topic.\u00a0 I merely endeavor today to peak your interest and to relate how important I feel this style is to the pagan community.\u00a0 There isn\u2019t a \u201cpagan way\u201d to parent but to me this back to basics philosophy is as close as humanity as a whole can get to a real and respectful way to bring up children.<\/span><\/p>\n

Attachment Parenting has eight main principals of parenting.\u00a0 These are a base line that you can build on and develop to fit your family\u2019s needs and goals.<\/span><\/p>\n