Pros And Cons Of Attachment Parenting

Attachment parenting is nurturing a strong, secure parent-child relationship by allowing the child to choose when to stop engaging in acts such as skin-to-skin contact, co-sleeping, babywearing, and breastfeeding (“Attachment Parenting Pros and Cons”). In recent news mothers have been degraded for breastfeeding in public or carrying older children. However, doing so creates a positive atmosphere for both mother and child. Parents should use the attachment parenting method because it affects a child's physical and emotional needs by making them more cooperative, healthy, successful, and confident.
Children are much more cooperative and easier to handle when introduced to, and brought up on attachment parenting. Because of the deep-seated relationship built between the mother and child it is easier for the mother to understand their child's personality, needs, wants and behaviors. It was proved in the Mali-Securely study that attached children have far better communication with the mother than non-attached children (Engber). Not only does this practice, improve early cooperation, but children are likely to have better interaction even in future years. Babies are also less likely to cry or throw tantrums when undergoing attachment parenting; this reduces tendencies of ADD or ADHD becoming prevalent later on in life …show more content…
It advances mind health in infants by stimulating motor neurons in the baby’s brain in a vital period which the brain needs the most nourishment. Higher IQ and academic performances have been associated with the attachment practices (Dewar). In a study conducted at Anisfield it was recorded that attached children in families with low income or higher poverty rate were more likely to succeed later in life than their counterparts (Werner). Intelligence does not rely solely on the upbringing of a child; however, the approach to parenting can affect intellect to an