Happy Mother's Day!
It's easy to feel hopeful as the weather warms and there is a break in our usual schedule.
It's especially nice to feel hopeful about seeing each other and getting together again sometime soon.
This last year has been hard for families, and maybe for you. We know from what families tell us and from our own experiences - in spite of the positives we want to preserve - that parenting, schooling, working, and even playing has been challenging.
API is here for you, whether you are looking for help or are ready to provide support to other parents and caregivers. In fact, we are continually reworking our approaches to serve you. We are building on our priority of providing in-person support and connection, to provide more online support, along with advancing research, advocacy, and more.
If you want a trusted guidance, we have amazing leaders and volunteers to serve you. We've added to our capacity, knowledge and community and are thrilled to welcome three new Board members to API, Valerie Bryant, George Holden, and Rod Kochtitzky! We invite you to get to know them in upcoming features.
If you're looking to learn or teach, this spring, we kicked off our new Attached at the Heart Parenting Program Online, after months of work. We congratulate our newest trained educators! If you would like to attend a training or bring bring parenting education to your community, just reply.
If you're looking for a way to create your community, our program to prepare and support local parenting group leaders is online now and always being optimized. We invite you to work through the program and see how you can support families in your area. While checking it out, you might notice our website is changing too...
If you're ready to celebrate an extra special day, we want to say how much we appreciate you, Mom!
This Mother's Day, we invite you to share a childhood memory of nurturing by your mother.
Whether simple or elaborate, we celebrate how these usual or unexpected expressions of love grow and shape us.
We'll share your moments as encouragement and ideas for other mothers. Reply to this message to include your message, or visit our Facebook page to share.
May you and/or the mothers in your life have a day filled with flowers or a hug; homemade cards or store-bought cards; breakfast in bed or lunch out; a little extra sleep or, well, we do hope it is a little extra sleep; and lots of affection. :)
Love,
Attachment Parenting International
