[quote=Russell]It looks like people are comparing childcare, which is easy to put a price on, to parenting which is not. Childcare centers, even the good ones, don’t even come close as a substitute for attachment parenting. A dedicated and special nanny could approximate the role of a parent, but sooner or later the kid realizes he or she isn’t having much of a relationship with their biological parents and will be harmed, to at least come degree, by the lack.
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I never thought I’d see attachment parenting discussed on Piggington.
(confession – I was a reluctant “attachment parent”… I had a child that seemed to need/demand it even though it was outside my comfort zone. I can hang with the best of them with discussions of co-sleeping, baby-wearing, etc… even though I would never have imagined it prior to parenting… Amazing how kids change our perspectives.)