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Natural Parenting
What exactly
is natural parenting (NP)? Basically, it's the parenting style that has
come to be known as attachment parenting, but without the label.
Additionally, NP means parenting, and living, in harmony with our
natural environment and according to our inctincts. It involves
responding to our children's needs as they arise in the present moment,
respecting our children as individuals with their own interests, and
avoiding control and coercion in our interactions with others.
I trust my
instincts supported by research in the fields of cross-cultural
child-rearing practices (ethnopediatrics), evolutionary biology, and
other areas in choosing which approaches and practices to promote. My
interests include tribal, village-style communities,
hunter-gatherer-style nutrition, freebirth and homebirth, attachment
parenting (babywearing, co-sleeping, breastfeeding, etc.) and continuum
concept approaches to child-rearing, positive discipline, diaperless
elimination communication (natural infant hygiene), and unschooling.
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