How Attachment Parenting Helps Raise Resilient Children

"It often seems like society gives us two options: we either raise them to be tough and ‘take no prisoners’ or to constantly ‘turn the other cheek’ and let them become the bullied of every situation. One of the best things about attachment parenting says that neither has to be true, though, and that it IS possible to gently raise resilient children without constantly throwing ‘tough love’ around like it’s candy. Why does love need to be ‘tough’? Why can’t it be decisive and firm, but with gentle intent and best interest behind it? Attachment parents argue it can, and here’s how." ~Lori Ennis for Mothering