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Growing up at the breast: Does “attachment parenting” mess up your child?

May 11, 2012, 11:28 AM

Congratulations, Time Magazine, you made us look.

The cover photo of a beautiful mom breastfeeding her three year old was shocking to some, welcome to others. The article inside was about an approach known as attachment parenting. (My co-host Linda Thomas blogs about it here.)

I want to know: IS it wrong to breastfeed as long as the child wants? What are the ups and downs of attachment parenting? And where’s dad in here?

Join me and my guests this weekend: registered nurse and clinical social worker Gigi Wickwire is a facilitator with “Listening Mothers,” run by The Community of Mindful Parents … Seattle dad Fred Ingham is an adherent of attachment parenting … Kirk Honda, licensed marriage and family therapist and Antioch University Seattle faculty member, hosts the podcast “Psychology in Seattle,” available here. Saturday at 6 am and noon; Sunday at 2:00.

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Growing up at the breast: Does “attachment parenting” mess up your child?