World Breastfeeding Week 2014: Parent Support Deserts in the USA

What this year's celebration of World Breastfeeding Week is really about--more than updating the status on breastfeeding acceptance or increasing understanding for mothers who are unable to breastfeed--is advocacy for parent support. In this spririt, Attachment Parenting International created the Parent Support Deserts project through which we mapped gaps in local parent support opportunities specific to Attachment Parenting. For this introductory look at the Parent Support Deserts project, we examined locations of parent support groups in terms of infant-feeding in the Attachment Parenting context, both breastfeeding and formula-feeding support.