In Part I of this series, I pointed out a bit of magical thinking on the part of Susan Markel, M.D. who calls herself the “Attachment Parenting Doctor”. As I pointed out, she seems not very keen on vaccination (though she doesn’t quite take a stand against it). I find that odd on the part [...]
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I’ve recently come across a pediatrician on the Web who calls herself the Attachment Parenting Doctor, one Dr. Susan Markel. Dr. Markel is board-certified in pediatrics and has an M.D. from Tufts University, and is the medical associate for Attachment Parenting International. She also blogs on a group blog at Babycenter called Momformation. Looking over [...]
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If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you’ve already briefly met Veronika Robinson in this post; she’s the woman in the video who breastfed her two daughters until they were 7 and 8 years old. Robinson is also the editor of The Mother Magazine, which, judging by the articles on the website, is [...]
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at the realities of cosleeping with a 7-year-old. Apparently they don’t all leave the parental bed that fast. Note the little tyke is no stranger to emotional blackmail.
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At NP/AP websites and messageboards, you’ll often read claims that society is being “poisoned with toxic chemicals” by Big Business, especially Big Pharma. These claims manifest themselves in myriad ways, such as how fluoride in our water and pesticides and preservatives in our food have caused cancer rates to skyrocket, how vaccines cause various [...]
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I’ve been expecting someone like this to come along sooner or later. No, she didn’t actually read any of the links. Why read information when your prejudices (excuse me, er, “instincts” ) tell you otherwise? Hopefully, some of those she points here will bother to peruse the blog and the links contained within, [...]
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A reader writes:
I’m due with my second child soon. I breastfed my first for only four months – I don’t beat myself up too much about it, but I do regret it because of the reasons I quit. We had no physical problems whatsoever, and she wasn’t an all-day comfort nurser. What sent me into [...]
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