Recently read the spring issue of Attachment Parenting, the journal of API. I wasn't aware before, but they just changed their "Eight Ideals" to the "Eight Principles." The new principles are much more broad (and I daresay generic!). While I appreciate the intent (better meet the needs of more parents and better accommodate differences), I sort of get the feeling that their message has been weakened by the changes. I just wonder if they are losing effectiveness by being so nonspecific (i.e. "feed with love and respect" used to be "breastfeed." Now, the explanation of the principle doesn't even mention the word breastfeeding!) The newly redone principles are:
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