attachment parenting

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a style of child rearing aimed at developing a strong emotional bond between the child and primary caregiver.See also attachment (def. 3a).

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Did you ever collect all those state quarters? Put them to good use on this quiz about curious state monikers and the facts around them.

Question 1 of 8

Mississippi’s nickname comes from the magnificent trees that grow there. What is it?

The problem with this attachment to a particular place, though, is that it can seem limiting.
Will Texas Stay Texan?|David Fontana|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Kent herself has said the movie is about parenting, the unsayable extremes of what mothers can feel.
Grief: The Real Monster in The Babadook|Tim Teeman|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Ivgy herself formed a special attachment to Zohar and says she “had a really hard time” once shooting wrapped.
‘Zero Motivation’: the Funny Side of the IDF|Melissa Leon|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But genes trump everything, even parenting by furry primates.
Can Tarzan of the Apes Survive in a Post-Colonial World?|Ted Gioia|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Parenting a kid that can get from place to place under his own steam is a whole new ballgame.
Kids Eat the Darndest Things: Laundry Pods, Teething Necklaces, and More Of The Weirdest Stuff Sending Kids to the E.R.|Russell Saunders|November 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Her attachment to impressionism leads this artist to many experiments in color—or, as one critic wrote, "to play with color."
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
Hence their presence elsewhere, in spite of their passionate attachment to their free native hills.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
I believe there has been an attachment for some years, the gentleman's attentions are very marked.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
The second word should indicate by its consonants the numbers of the bones to which the attachment is made.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
Her husband noticed, and thought it was the expression of a deep filial attachment which he had never suspected.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin