The increasingly poplular concept of “attachment parenting,” is presented as a way to stimulate optimal child development thus avoiding rising rates of depression, anxiety, attention deficit disorders, conduct disorders, suicide, and other serious mental health problems among children. This warm, loving book calls on parents to embrace their natural instincts and to take on a more nuring parental role. By offering scientific insight and encouraging anecdotes, the authors guide parents on how best to respond to their children’s needs in a sensitive, respectful, and developmentally appropriate way, thereby strengthening the parent-child bond. Many researchers in the fields of child development and neuroscience agree that the time for attachment parenting is NOW! (240 pages)