Every Parent's Guide to Attachment Parenting: Getting back to basic instincts! [Paperback]

Tammy Frissell-Deppe (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1998

This books discusses "natural" and "instinctual" parenting. This style of parenting is also termed "Attachment Parenting". Common questions and problems are covered, as well as experiences/stories from many other attachment parenting families. This is a great book for anyone who wants information or support on Attachment Parenting.

Editorial Reviews

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"Never before have I found as complete and comprehensive a collection of validation and resources. In a day and age where we are being bombarded with mixed messages about parenting, it is great to open up a book that so completely reaffirms the voice inside our heart. It reminds us that our children are more important than following our societies norms. Tammy cuts through the taboo of doing things differently." -- Lori Almasi, Momsonline Attachment Parenting Chat Host on America Online

"This book is a must have for all first time moms and dads! A wealth of information centered around instinctual parenting is sure to dispel all the negative myths associated with alternative parenting. This book will be referred to repeatedly for quick reference or reassurace. Tammy Frissell-Deppe did an excellent job in helping a parent connect with his/her instincts." -- Kalliope S. Ballas, R.N.

"This book talks about everything you wanted to know about Attachment Parenting. It is a quick read with different opinions from across the nation and worldwide from attachment parents. It also shows that there is a medical community that supports attachment parenting, you just have to find it. Tammy is frank, open and brave for making her feelings well known." -- Kristen Sirois, La Leche League Member

From the Back Cover

This powerful book on Attachment Parenting will help you enhance your child's development, sensitivity, intelligence and his/her ability to love, trust and be independent. You will become fulfilled as a parent and more in tune to your child, creating the closest relationship and bond possible. This book will help you understand the different aspects of attachment parenting and share some touching moments and experiences from the lives of many attachment parenting families.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: J.E.D. Publishing; 1 edition (November 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0966634144
• ISBN-13: 978-0966634143
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,968,757 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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35 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not Fit For Sale, October 31, 2000

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This review is from: Every Parent's Guide to Attachment Parenting: Getting back to basic instincts! (Paperback)

I practice Attachment Parenting and *strongly* support it. Attachment Parenting has worked wonders in our family. I bought this book because it was listed in my "recommendations" section on amazon.com and it sounded great [I bought it about a year ago before any of the negative reviews you see here were posted].

This is the worst book I've ever paid money for. It is full of typos, grammatical errors, misspellings, sentence fragments - it is truly wretched. I was so angry that I spent the price of the book plus shipping for it - I felt horribly ripped off. This book is extremely poorly written and not worth the time it took to try to read it. [It had so many mistakes in it that it was extremely difficult to even attempt to read]. A year later I'm still annoyed at the time and money I wasted on this book. While the author seems genuinely passionate about the subject and is attempting to do a good thing in writing this book, I don't think this book is near the quality it needs to be before she takes people's money for it. I strongly suspect that many of the positive reviews posted here come from friends or family of the author - I can't see how an objective reader could recommend this book to anyone in good conscience.

Attachment Parenting is a wonderful subject and fully worth reading about, but if you want a good [GREAT] book on the subject, do yourself a favor and skip this one completely - read "Attachment Parenting" by Katie Allison Granju or *any* Dr. William Sears book. Those are dollars and hours you'll be very glad you spent.

22 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good Content - Terrible Editing, January 7, 2000

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This is a pretty good book. I agree with Ms. Frissell-Deppe's philosophy on childrearing and I think she does have a good "over view" of attachment parenting in this book. The book is also a pretty quick read, which is nice for new parents who don't have bunches of free time. However, the editing and proofreading are terrible - the book is *full* of errors (I've found errors on almost every page). Sentence fragments, grammatical errors, spelling errors, obvious key words left out of sentences so that the reader is left wondering what exactly the author was intending to say... I haven't purchased a book this full of errors ever before (and boy, I've purchased a bunch of books in my lifetime!). This book reads much more like a first draft than something that was edited, proofread, corrected, and ready for sale. Also, some of the "real life parent" comments seem a little irrelevant or redundant (although some are interesting). I do agree with the author's premise and she is obviously passionate about attachment parenting - and the book has a good concept behind it. However, I also felt that the author came accross as extremely defensive of attachment parenting and somewhat confrontational. I think that the happy, healthy, well behaved children that result from attachment parenting speak for themselves - there is no need for defensiveness in practicing a truly *excellent* parenting style. This book needs several rewrites with attention to detail before I feel it is ready for sale to the general public. I was terribly dissappointed in the quality of the writing. The editorial errors made it difficult and frustrating for me to read. I wouldn't mind this if I had been reading the author's personal web site, but since I *paid* for this book, I expected a bit more. I suggest a revision and then the author will have a darn good guide to Attachment Parenting for the general public. Until then, I'd have to recommend "Attachment Parenting" by Granju.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Self-indulgent; a collection of emails does not make a book, June 11, 2000

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The editor of this mess should be ashamed. (Or should I say "editors?" From the acknowledgements it looks like it was a handful of her friends and family who proofread for her.) Not only does this book read poorly, it is unbalanced, does not cite sources and even fails to acknowledge that the ideas in this book (e.g. the name "Attachment Parenting") were learned somewhere, not all invented by the author. Some portions--such as her chapter on (not) circumcising--are downright offensive, despite being mostly correct!

We are firmly committed attachment parents; my wife is a children's therapist and would not dream of parenting any other way, and our families are very supportive of this style of parenting. This book would not have convinced us, however, nor would it have helped us convince anyone else.

What we had hoped to gain from this book was some new insights, maybe a valuable lesson or two. We were very disappointed. It has saving graces: the stories from other parents are occasionally interesting, and the appendix listing other resources contained some we hadn't seen. But do yourself a favor: pick up Granju et. al. instead. It is thoughtful, attractively put together, well-researched, and contains loads of useful information that we've not seen elsewhere.

Add to this as many books by William and Martha Sears as you can get, and maybe a breastfeeding book like "Womanly Art," and you'll be all set.