But after Jamie Lynne Grumet spoke to news this week, the controversy wasn’t done. Grumet defended her side of the debate. And supporting her was the man who inspired the movement. Dr William Sears Author of the Baby Book first wrote about attachment parenting in 1992. That book, and its approach dominated news debate this week.
One critic said that attending to your child every waking moment from birth to toddler years does not prepare the child for the real world. “The whole world doesn’t revolve around anyone” said the critic.
Jamie Lynne Grumet said that “We understand what we were going to get into” by appearing on the TIME cover. She also told news “I thought like our family was one of the better ones to handle [the debate], because my mom’s, our personal breast feeding …”, but then was interrupted by her son.
Dr William Sears, author of the Baby Book, also defended the idea. He claims that attachment parenting babies never become bullies. “If you came in my office as a new parent, and I want a parenting pill that will turn …a super baby, that … gives you eye contact… I have never seen an attachment parenting baby who has become a bully.”
He also told news “We put balance, it is not extreme. .. this is what you would naturally and instinctively do to give your baby the best investment.”
