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Reading between the lines, Part 3: Trusted Resources Where can you find trusted information about Attachment Parenting? Here are some of the trusted resources.	Reading between the lines, Part 2: Get the Most Out of a Scientific Study Unless you're an academic, you'll probably find research studies to not be the easiest material to digest, but if the science behind parenting matters to you, it's important to check out studies you learn about through the media.
Reading between the lines, Part 1 - Media Analysis Guidelines for Parents There are continually media reports coming out about parenting approaches, including Attachment Parenting. Some are affirming. Others are worrying.	Growing up in an attached family, learning the power of stimulus My home life was rich in attachment -- and stimulus. Attachment begins with the creation of emotionally close, consistent relationships between parents adn children in all child development stages.
Own the road you travel After giving birth to my first son, I made choices and decisions based on my instincts and the purest love I’d ever known. I wasn’t following another’s footsteps. I wasn’t asking for advice.	Being a Daddy I always wanted to be a Daddy...I just never knew how much it would change me. Father of 2, Teja McDaniel shares on API's blog about what becoming a Daddy has been like for him.
Transformation of being a father Sometimes I start thinking about the man I used to be before having kids, and I always get so amazed at how much I have changed during this short period of time.	How has being a dad changed me? I come from a story, as we all do. Some of it is real, some imagined or interpreted, and part of it remains a mystery as well. Never did I imagine in examining my own story that I would so deeply relish the experience of being a dad.
Why the warning 'wait til your father gets home' can backfire "The study was carried out by researchers at Brigham Young University in Utah, and concluded that as shouting by fathers was louder and more forceful, it would be associated more with anger.	Screens are powerful - but dangerous - attachment tools It used to be the television. Today it's the smartphone, computer and iPad. The intrusion of even more kinds of screens in our lives is having an overwhelming effect on our families.

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