attachment parenting
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of attachment parenting
First recorded in 1980–85
Example Sentences
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In her 2012 book on attachment parenting, “Beyond the Sling,” Bialik wrote that she and her husband at the time had decided not to vaccinate their sons; she later rejected the label “anti-vaccine.”
From Seattle Times • Oct. 11, 2021
“It’s them dealing with attachment parenting and step-parents and all these middle-aged issues.”
From The Guardian • Aug. 8, 2018
The family practices attachment parenting which means they all sleep in the same bed.
From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2016
For the past decade, the Harvard-trained OB-GYN has blogged at the Skeptical OB about home birth, medication-free birth, attachment parenting, and the pressure to breast-feed.
From Slate • Apr. 4, 2016
Practice extreme attachment parenting, but do not hug.
From Time • Jul. 17, 2015
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