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Dear Reader,

This year, Attachment Parenting International celebrates 25 years of serving families and advocating API's 8 Principles of Parenting!

To celebrate, API is collaborating where it all originated--Nashville, Tennessee--with the Nashville-based group that gave birth to API, La Leche League of Kentucky-Tennessee (well, just Tennessee at the time all those years ago) in the form of an incredible conference and music event!

Barbara Nicholson and Lysa Parker met in their local La Leche League group and along with a desire to breastfeed their babies, degrees in special education, and husbands who were singer/songwriters, they had in common a passion for getting to the root of child unmet needs and to foster well being. Many years, books, sons, travels, support group meetings, and more together, Barbara and Lysa's vision has not only grown, but inspired an Attachment Parenting movement around the world.

﻿The Rock the World Breastfeeding and Parenting Conference On November 2, features LLL co-Founder Marian Tompson; parenting experts Dr. William & Martha Sears; API co-Founders Lysa Parker & Barbara Nicholson; author of Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Rebecca Wells; and a Saturday evening benefit concert with Gary Nicholson and Friends.

Noted speakers, exciting panels, 40 exhibits, children's events, Silent Auction, continuing education credits, art display, book store and autographs, souvenir tote bag, and more!

Breakout sessions include breastfeeding and brain development; breastfeeding and media among African-American women; attachment styles--ours and our children’s; oral issues/ties and breastfeeding; mother-infant sleep; the chemistry of attachment; mothers and depression; empathic listening for providers; optimal care in the early years; breastfeeding through separation; the science of resilience and ACEs; healthy birth; nonviolent communication; and Attachment Parenting in the real world.

Such an event could cost quite a bit, but this gathering has been assembled with a desire to share what we love and make it as accessible as possible to help you serve. We invite you to register now for only $45 at www.LLLofKYTN.org. Discounts are available for LLL Leaders and API accredited leaders.

The husband of our own Barbara Nicholson, Gary Nicholson, will help us celebrate 25 years while he celebrates his own 70, as the day's events culminate in the full Nashville experience--a Gary Nicholson and Friends concert at 3rd & Lindsley. Tickets are $20 for a full evening of amazing performers and songwriters! For details and tickets, visit 3rd & Lindsley.

Visit the www.lllofkytn.org website for all the conference details, optional lunch and deadline, children's programming, ceus/CERPs, hotel discount rate (closes Oct 2 but contact us if you miss it), helpful information, and more!

This AP Month 2019 we prepare to Rock the World! We hope you will make plans to join us!

Attachment Parenting International

API Links you to...

AP updates, the Campaign for Inclusive Family Policies, Peggy O'Mara on AP, Touch, Cuddling, Responsiveness, Black Breastfeeding Week, Marion Tompson, Dr. William and Martha Sears, Rebecca Wells, Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, Stacy Jagger, Wendy Middlemiss, Gary Nicholson, and more! Read Editor's Picks below, and be sure to click through to read all the parenting news and research.

Attached at the Heart is in Greek!
Attached at the Heart by Barbara Nicholson and Lysa Parker is now in Greek! The book is out in major bookstores in Athens, Greece (Papazisis, Ianos, Politeia, Protoporia, Epilexi, Naftilos, Patakis, Evrypidis, Public). It can be ordered from Attachment Parenting Hellas online, cost 22 euros, (http://attachment-parenting.gr/) and selected bookstores.
Have a Group Offering AP Support?
API supports all groups wanting to promote API Principles. API is taking this further by now making all of its information openly available. To begin with, API is inviting all API Principle-espousing groups to list their group and meeting information. If you would like to include your group, click here to complete this form about your group and meeting times, also affirming the group supports the API Principles. Group events will appear on the API homepage, as well as the group searchable site at www.attachmentparenting.org/groups. Groups are offered an "API Principles support badge" to post on their pages to demonstrate their support to parents.
*A listing in the API group and event does not imply API approval or responsibility for groups. Parents should validate group activity against API Principles and other resources found on the API website.
Help API by being one of ten reviewers
Help us raise visibility for Attachment Parenting by posting a few words of your experience with API. Your comments could help donors and volunteers help API. It’s easy and only takes 3 minutes! Go here to get started! GreatNonprofits – the #1 source of nonprofit stories and feedback – is recognizing nonprofits with their Top-Rated List.
Parenting Education Training News
London - East Tennessee
Congratulations to our newest Attached at the Heart Parenting Educators in Greece and Argentina! API's next parenting educator training workshops are in London and East Tennessee!
AP Group Leadership Resources
Starting a parenting support group? Have a parenting group? Check out API's free self-guided leader preparation tool for individuals interested in starting a group in their community or adding AP Principles to an existing parenting group meeting.
Welcome to new AP support group leader Firdevs Oktay and her group Well-Balanced Parenting in Instanbul!
AP Community Parenting Group FacilitationGuide to Supporting Families
Upcoming Meetings, Trainings, and Events
October & November
(click for meeting details)

Your Fall 2019 API Links - Celebrating 25 Years

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