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So, several months ago, my brother was told by his son that his son is seeing a therapist, "to make him behave and act better." (words of a 5-year-old) So, in other words, Dependopotamus' attachment parenting method is failing at providing enough security for the boy, and she must enlist the assistance of a therapist before the child is even in Kindergarten. How is that attachment parenting BS working for you? (rhetorical question is rhetorical - attachment parenting does not work) By the way, Dependopotamus, your son (my nephew) NEVER has behavior problems at my place. Why do you think that is??? .

As a continuation of my conversation with my brother from yesterday's post on attachment parenting and the problems it creates for children, let's talk about the root problems. Specifically, the things that I like to call "unintended consequences." It is often easy to spot the child whose parents believe the attachment parenting lies. This is the child that either cannot handle any emotions or situations that happen outside the realm of what they want, or the child that bullies others so frequently and fervently because they know that there is no punishment looming on the horizon. These attachment parents are so focused on themselves, that they do not see the harm they are causing in two major ways: 1. The child will later need therapy as he will not learn that life is full of consequences. Only later, once he reaches a fully cognitive state (usually in the early teens for most people), will he begin to learn that there are rewards and consequences in life. On...

From an attachment parenting website: Instilling fear in children serves no purpose and creates feelings of shame and humiliation. Fear has been shown to lead to an increased risk of future antisocial behavior including crime and substance abuse Studies show that spanking and other physical discipline techniques can create ongoing behavioral and emotional problems While I agree with the notion of not instilling fear, these attachment parenting bozos take the idea to extremes. They go out of their way to avoid their child from ever feeling fear. And that is not healthy. Fear and pain are the two most powerful motivators out there. For a mind that is not fully developed, these basic instincts can serve as the only possible motivators in many instances. My brother and I were talking of this a few days ago. The subject came up when we witnessed a young boy on a small bicycle. The boy kept wanting to ride out into the street. The boy's...

I know... I know - redundant title is redundant. Was researching some things on attachment parenting and I came across this quote: "Most attachment parents are fairly normal, and just try a few techniques out here and there." Yeah, keep telling yourself that. Just ain't so. The attachment parent types are a passive-aggressive set of control freaks. .

"Attachment Parenting" - "Momma's Boys" - Where have all the men gone? Rarely anymore do you hear a person called a "man's man." Our society has been overly feminized, and good responsible behavior has been replaced with bowing to the demands of a few select groups. This was brought to my attention a while back: I was researching Attachment Parenting - which, as we all know, is more about attachment and not at all about parenting - and on an AP website, I found something fascinating. The site had a whole section dealing with how attachment parents should deal with the "inevitable" (their words, not mine!) claims that people would call their sons "momma's boy" or similar. They had a whole section on it! For the prep for this article, I went back to that same website, and that part has been taken down. However, the segments in their forums live on. Of course, every time a mother (people posting on these forums are moms ...

Must be from the "attachment parenting" philosophy! .

If you've read this blog for any length of time, you know that I do not subscribe to the myth of attachment parenting. In fact, I denounce it as one of many manifestations with what's wrong with our country today. Marxism At the heart of the matter is the principle of self-sufficiency. It used to be that the goal of being a parent was to raise a human being capable of self-sufficiency. Attachment parenting takes that all away and, according to this author with whom I agree, replaces it with a goal of creating another co-dependent automaton for the socialist agenda. Understanding the basic idea, of course, that socialism is one of the economic platforms needed to promote Marxism, communism being the alternative. So I read that author's piece several times, and I challenged myself to prove or disprove Attachment Parenting (AP) as a Marxist agenda.  Boy, was it a light-bulb moment! Remember the mantra of Marxism is "from each according to his ability, to each acc...

Boobs - we all know what those are. Power - we all know who seeks it. Time - as in, Time Magazine. Yeah, Time Magazine has a boob on the front cover . Attached to said boob (which does look nice, as does its owner, BTW) is a child that looks about 4 or 5 years old - but the cover says is 3 years old. Speaking of attached, here comes the part about power - as in the power that attachment parenting bozos seek. Yeah - the Time article is about attachment parenting. Seems one blogger openly mocks attachment parenting. Get in line, buddy, I did so before you , haha! Seriously, though, the blogger draws some pretty good correlations between Marxism and attachment parenting, as well as socialism and attachment parenting. Thanks to my sister "K" for the article. Thanks to Say Uncle for the links. Post-edit: Thanks to Right Minded for a link to this article , which is a deconstruction of the photo. .

Silie still nurses my nephew - who, as of this post has just turned 4 years old. Oddly enough, on his first court-ordered visitation with his father (my brother), my nephew had no need to continue to nurse, despite what Silie has claimed (that nephew would go ballistic without "milky"). Remember, Silie subscribes to "attachment parenting" philosophies - which are some of the most asinine out there.

My soon-to-be former sister in law (SIL - henceforth known as Silie) is an odd individual. Since I have many stories from the archives on her, and since she decided to provide motivation by filing for divorce from my brother, here we go! --- Junior (Silie's son) is young - about 2 years old at the time. As most 2-year-old boys are, he is active. He is in to everything. That's OK, and certainly not the odd part of this particular instance. No, where it gets odd is in what Silie calls "parenting style." Silie claims to adhere to the notion of " attachment parenting ." That is odd enough by itself, but to each his own, I suppose. No, Silie takes it to an extreme. Silie takes the notion of " positive discipline " to such an extreme so as not to allow others to correct Junior at all, regardless of circumstance. This is hazardous, particularly with such a lazy-assed individual as Silie. Junior had climbed up on top of our kitchen table. Silie...

And this suggestion will probably earn me more hate mail, but that's OK. I generally have a rule that I don't poke my head into other people's business. I'm going to keep that in mind as I write this. At the same time, I will be making an observation about something I've witnessed. A person I know introduced me to the concept of "Attachment Parenting." Because of what I'm about to write, I will have to let my readers google that term. I've now seen multiple examples of "attachment parenting," and feel fully prepared to give my $0.02. I suggest my readers practice this methodology if they want to be the people that get escorted out of movies, doctor's offices, and other places because they refuse to take an active, effective role in shaping their childrens' behavior. People on the attachment parenting websites and blogs get really up in arms if you call their children "mama's boy" or the like... generally b...