APedia

Attachment Parenting International's Media Database

Positive Discipline

API Links

Editor's pick: Top 10 of 2015 Last year was a big year, editorially, for API. There were so many amazingly supportive and educational online magazine features and blog posts!	The Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children's 2015 report The year 2015 witnessed a milestone in progress towards universal prohibition of corporal punishment of children: now, more than half of United Nations members have achieved prohibition in all settings, including the home -- or are committed to... read more
A look back: Highlights of 2015 2015 was a full year!	Building a castle with my 5 year old I've always let my children try to do a lot of things on their own, but lately I've been making more of an effort to allow my 5-year-old son more autonomy in what he's doing.
Raising kids with grit...and an interview with Jane Stevens of ACEs Too High API is directly involved in building resilience in communities across the nation and around the world through its local API Support Groups and accredited API Leaders by supporting secure parent-child attachments.	What's the harm in saying "there are starving kids in Africa" to get your child to eat his veggies? You know this saying since it’s pretty much a parenting cliché used to cajole children to eat their vegetables: “There are starving children in Africa.
More focused, better behaved kids -- through mindfulness Would the world be a better place if more of us were trained to take a mindful moment to connect emotions we are feeling to our brains before we act?	Insightful parents may choose AP, but AP can also inspire parents to develop insight By its very nature, those of us who are insightful and mindful gravitate toward Attachment Parenting (AP) as it fits in with who we are as individuals.
Time out Is "time out" a useful disciplien tool, which lovingly offers a child guidance that reflects acceptance of his capabilities and sensitivity to his feelings? It can be, if approached and managed in a positive spirit.	Want your child to learn self-control? First, teach self-validation A child's ability to form healthy self-validation is a vital goal of child development.

Pages