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What are some trends in parenting?
- Allowing kids to do traditionally "grown-up" things (i.e., watch grown-up movies)
- Dads now expected to be involved parents (i.e., fathers are more involved with parenting much more than before)
- Blogging about your kids (i.e., website about her baby)
- Homeschooling (i.e., believe it's safer, learn more, etc)
- Bring babies to work (i.e., depending on type of work, but trend to decrease b/c economy)
- Helicopter parenting/over-parenting (i.e., monitoring every activities)
- buying baby brains (Concerns w/ program: learning less words, never be sub for direct interaction)
- Attachment parenting (for secure attachment)
- quality family time (increase family time and family dinner)
- disicipline issues (spanking decreasing, restriction and time out increasing)
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What are the 7 B's of Attachment Parenting
- Birth Bonding
- Breastfeeding (physical contact)
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Baby-wearing (as much time as u can to physical be close to your baby)Bedding close to baby- Belief in the language value of your baby’s cry (feel like communicating w/baby)Beware of baby trainers (u should know what’s best for the baby)Balance
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Moving towards a parenting society
- Parenting is arguably the strongest factor in promoting:
- social order
- values
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