Attachment Parenting

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
AP
Pronunciation
/əˈtæʧmənt ˈpɛrəntɪŋ/
Category
Community
Related Field
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Examples in Context

  1. Websites like The Primal Parent extol corn-syrup-free trick-or-treating, baby slings for attachment parenting and placenta-eating for new mothers.
  2. A woman breastfeeding her 3-year-old son is the cover photo of this week's Time magazine for a story on attachment parenting, and reactions ranged from applause to cringing to shrugs.
  3. The issue includes a profile of the attachment parenting guru, Dr. Bill Sears, who wrote one of the movement's bibles, The Baby Book, 20 years ago.
  4. Comparison of attachment and parenting style among urban and rural mothers in China
  5. Relationship among Adult Attachment, Parenting Styles and Self-esteem of Female Nursing Students; The theory of oedipus complex says that young boys unconsciously rival their fathers for their mothers ' affection

Other meanings of AP