ATTACHMENT PARENTING INTERNATIONAL
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Mission Statement
Attachment Parenting International / Nurturings educates and supports all parents in raising secure, joyful and empathic children in order to strengthen families and create a more compassionate world. It accomplishes this on a grassroots level through its parent groups and accredited volunteer leaders around the world, as well as its community of practice for AP education, research, and information dissemination. API's principal goal is to heighten global awareness of the profound significance of secure attachment for healthy development and relationships and violence prevention.
About This Cause
Attachment Parenting is based in the practice of nurturing parenting methods that create strong emotional bonds, also known as secure attachment, between children and their parent(s). This style of parenting encourages responsiveness to children’s emotional needs, enabling children to develop trust that their needs will be met. As a result, this strong attachment helps children develop the capacity for secure, empathic, peaceful, and enduring relationships that follow them into adulthood. Attachment Parenting International (API) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit member organization founded in 1994 to network with parents, professionals and like-minded organizations around the world. API’s mission is to educate and support all parents in raising secure, joyful and empathic children in order to strengthen families and create a more compassionate world. In addition to providing assistance in forming Attachment Parenting support groups, API functions as a clearinghouse providing educational materials, research information, consultative, referral and speaker services to promote Attachment Parenting concepts. Summary of API Offerings 1. LOCAL SUPPORT GROUP AND PARENT COMMUNITY One of API’s primary features is our unique network of Support Groups and our incredibly dedicated leaders who volunteer their time and energy to lead them. API offers bona fide knowledge acquisition, family-unique practical skills transfer and ongoing support and community. API’s unique features also include: • A true parenting network centered on common goals and mission of studying and practicing healthy parenting. • An open welcome to ALL parents and children of all ages, backed by meeting guidelines. • Accredited leadership and facilitation. • Meeting topics centered on research based information. • Customized family support. Other features: • guest speakers • handouts • local website • local reading circle • events / outings /crafts • playgroups • community outreach programs • Offering group member comments and testimonials can be powerful. a. Individual /family level = Free. Benefits include: • The Attached Family ezine – monthly online AP magazine • TheAttachedFamily.com – The Attached Family comprehensive website • Special offers and discounts b. Professional member levels and benefits 3. API LINKS, FREE MONTHLY E-NEWSLETTER Free to the public, published 12 times a year and distributed to more than 5,000 subscribers. Articles include Attachment Parenting research and snippets on API programs. This publication's open rates and click-through rates exceed industry standards. 4. ASK API TELESEMINARS Telephone seminars (teleseminar) in which API Co-Founders Barbara Nicholson & Lysa Parker and Board members interview members of the parent education community about a relevant topic. Short Q&A follows the seminars and MP3 downloads are available. 5. API SPEAKS BLOG With articles posted weekly, API Speaks attracts parents from around the world to read and share their opinions on a diversity of Attachment Parenting topics. 6. API READS Books read and discussed bi-monthly culminating with authors joining the discussion in the final week of each book. 7. API FORUM Online support network available to API members and other subscribers, the API Forum is our most highly trafficked resource, is our fastest growing community, and is home to the API Reads online book club. Forum discussions encompass API's Eight Principles of Parenting and special situations such as adoption and custody issues. 8. API WEBSITE AttachmentParenting.org, is the public source for Attachment Parenting information and research, API news and events, API Support Groups, the Eight Principles of Parenting, API Professional member listings, and all API sites including the API Co-founders' Attached at the Heart book, API Live! teleseminars, and the Infant Sleep Safety Campaign, Forum, API Speaks, and TheAttachedFamily.com 9. ATTACHED AT THE HEART Attached at the Heart: 8 Proven Parenting Principles for Raising Connected and Compassionate Children is the guidepost for attachment parenting, offering evidence-based parenting advice for raising more compassionate children. Authors and API co-founders Barbara Nicholson and Lysa Parker provide extensive research and facts, as well as personal anecdotes and tips, on how to incorporate attachment parenting practices in to everyday life. In this book, you’ll learn: · Important facts you need to know before and after having your baby · Strategies to strengthen the emotional bonds with your child · How to be a more conscious parent with your children · New information to help you make informed decisions · How raising our children with empathy and respect can positively affect society No other parenting book is as comprehensive in its scope, from an overview of attachment theory and current child development research to practical strategies for everyday situations. Attached at the Heart is a vital blueprint for change that begins at home. 10. ANNUAL AP MONTH EVENT The AP Month vision is to create a time and space to gather the AP community and create one strong voice for AP through activities, events and information and to celebrate what we believe in for our families and for our communities. Additional ways for individuals, businesses, institutions and organizations to engage with and support API: 1. Leading an API Support Group 2. Volunteering with API 3. Donating (in-kind and monetary) to API 4. Advertising with and/or sponsoring API 5. Joining API’s Safe Sleep coalition 6. Partnering and/or hosting API Support Group meetings, events or other activities 7. Becoming retail affiliates