8 Attachment Parenting Myths That Need To Go Away, Finally

"When a person is exploring the different styles of parenting, I would advise them to follow their hearts," says [Lisa] Ricciuti [API accredited leader and AP group leader coach]."

"The bottom line is that when you separate the popular exaggerations of AP from the more objectively-oriented scientific studies, it’s a sensible approach that fosters physical and psychological health in children," wrote Susan Krauss Whitbourne, Ph.D., ABPP, a Professor Emerita of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, in Psychology Today.