Parental presence isn't a privilege -- it's a necessity for healthy child development

On occasion, we see a post circulating the Web about the cash-value of stay-at-home parents if they were paid the going rate for their hours "on the clock" and for the multiple, often-simultaneous roles they play, from "facilities manager" and "counselor" to "janitor" and "teacher." According to one such post at Salary.com, the average stay-at-home parent is worth an annual salary of nearly $113,000.

API recognizes parents for making the choice to put parental presence as priority, and for the partners and sponsors of AP Month in continuing to provide support and encouragement to parents to keep their child's attachment needs first.