October is Attachment Parenting Month!
The North Carolina Triangle API group is having a fall festival.
The festival site is here: http://www.festival2008.triangleapi.org/

There will be workshops, raffles, silent auctions and family crafts. My Gym will be there to entertain the families as well throughout the day.

If you don't live in the Triangle area and want to attend an event closer to home, check out: http://attachmentparenting.org/

What is attachment parenting?
The essence of Attachment Parenting is about forming and nurturing strong connections between parents and their children.

Attachment Parenting challenges us as parents to treat our children with kindness, respect and dignity, and to model in our interactions with them the way we'd like them to interact with others.
Attachment Parenting isn't new. In many ways, it is a return to the instinctual behaviors of our ancestors.

This body of knowledge offers strong support for areas that are key to the optimal development of children, in API's Eight Principles of Parenting.

* Prepare for Pregnancy, Birth, and Parenting
* Feed with Love and Respect
* Respond with Sensitivity
* Use Nurturing Touch
* Engage in Nighttime Parenting
* Provide Consistent and Loving Care
* Practice Positive Discipline
* Strive for Balance in Personal and Family Life

If you have any questions, please feel free to email me.

Joanna Glass
Triangle API Leader
joannaglass@gmail.com

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