Progressive Parenting

My guest this Monday night is,Molly Henry is a Certified Positive Discipline Lead Trainer. She is the Human Growth & Development and Parent Program Coordinator at Abintra Montessori School in Nashville, TN. She has led Positive Discipline classes and faculty training programs since 2001. Molly earned a degree in Psychology with Secondary Education from Vanderbilt University. She is a Planned Parenthood trained Sexuality/Human Growth and Development educator and co-developer of a parenting curriculum entitled "The Birds and the Bees the Positive Discipline Way." The mother of two, Molly has a deep passion for parenting and is a member of the Attachment Parenting International Resource Advisory Council. Molly is also trained in Montessori early childhood education.

Positive discipline helps a child develop a conscience guided by his own internal discipline and compassion for others. Discipline that is empathetic, loving, and respectful strengthens the connection between parent and child.

Show # 6 in our 8 week series spotlighting Attachment Parenting is PROVIDE, CONSISTENT LOVING CARE.

My guest is Dr. Isabelle Fox. Dr. Fox is the author of Being There:  The Benefits of a Stay-at-home-Parent.  She has degrees from Radcliffe College and University of California Los Angeles and has been a Clinical Psychotherapist specializing in Child Development for over 30 years.  She is also an Associate at the Western Psychological Center in Encino, California.  She is also the author of From Diapers to Diplomas and Goodbye Diapers, Goodbye Bottle, Goodbye Blanket.  She has three children and seven grandchildren and was a Stay-At-Home Parent for 10 years. 

Babies and young children have an intense need for the physical presence of a consistent, loving, responsive caregiver: ideally a parent. Daily care and playful, loving interactions build strong bonds. By providing consistent, loving care from early infancy, parents strengthen their relationship with their child and build a healthy attachment. If neither parent can be a full-time caregiver, then a child needs someone who is not only consistent and loving, but has formed a bond with them and consciously provides care in a way that strengthens the attachment relationship.

A Special Edition of Progressive Parenting,

Barbara Pellegrini Rivera

 is my guest. We will be talking about the upcoming Birth Awareness Week. It will be September 5th-12th. Birth is an exciting and sometimes frightening time in parents lives. Where does the fear come from. How can women take back birth? How can we change 100 years of influence? 

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Our topic is about sleep."Is your baby sleeping through the night yet?" is often the first question people ask a new parent. The truth is that most babies do not sleep through the night, yet it is a myth that is perpetuated from generation to generation. Babies have needs at night just as they do during the day; from hunger, loneliness, and fear, to feeling too cold or too hot. They need the reassurance of a loving parent to feel secure during the night.

Join me as I discuss the topics of co sleeping, bed-sharing and the myth of sleep training. Later in the show I will be joined by Bill and Martha Sears.

After raising eight children and practicing pediatric medicine for more than 30 years, they have answered questions from thousands of parents. Millions more have sought their advice through their 40+ pediatric books, articles in parenting magazines, and our appearances on more than 100 television programs such as 20/20, Donahue, Good Morning America, Oprah, CBS This Morning, CNN, NBC's Today Show and Dateline.

This afternoon I will be talking with Penny Schlanser. She was asked to move while nursing at her local gym, Pure Fitness for Women.They asked that she nurse elsewhere (locker room). Hear the rest of the story on the air live, call in or join the chat live. 

We will be discussing what happened and what rights nursing moms have in Texas and in other states.

Babies are born with urgent and intense needs and depend completely on others to meet them. Nurturing touch helps meet a baby's need for physical contact, affection, security, stimulation and movement. Parents who choose a nurturing approach to physical interactions with their children promote development of healthy attachments. Even as children get older their need to stay connected through touch remains strong. I will be talking with Janet Jendron, President of the Board of Directors, she has been a long-time supporter of API. She served for eleven years on the LLLI Board of Directors and many years on the LLLI Alumnae Association Council. Janet has also served on numerous other non-profit Boards, including church-related and wish granting organizations. She has written articles and spoken at conferences throughout the United States on a wide variety of issues related to her non-profit and paid work. She is the mother of four children ages 25 to 33

Dr.Marsden Wagner will be our very special guest on Progressive Parenting. We will be discussing the safety of home birth, and informed choice. He spent 15 years Director, Women's and Children's Health, World Health Organization (responsible for Women's and Children's Health in 45 industrialized countries). He's been in many documentaries including, PREGNANT IN AMERICA, THE BUSINESS OF BEING BORN, and ORGASMIC BIRTH. He's also the author of BORN IN THE USA:How a Broken Maternity System Must Be Fixed to Put Women and Children First. I am so excited to have him on the show as he is an inspiration to myself and so many other mother and baby advocates. We are also speaking with Lisa Gartin RN, she is a pediatric nurse, doula, childbirth educator and mother of four children. 

THIS IS EPISODE IS A REPLAY FROM WHEN WE HAD A SHOW ON AN AM STATION! SO NO LIVE CALLS TONIGHT (SORRY). Any questions about this show can be sent to [email protected]

Our topic this week is Responding with Sensitivity. This Principle according to the founders is one of the most important. It is the foundation that strengthens all the other principles. It is the foundation of developing a secure attachment relationship with your children.

Our guest this week is Lu Hanessian. Lu is the author of acclaimed book “Let the Baby Drive: Navigating the Road of New Motherhood” (2004), an award-winning journalist, former NBC anchor/host (“Real Life”; “Unsolved Mysteries”) and Discovery Health Channel host of “Make Room for Baby,” parent educator and national speaker. For five years, she hosted The Science Show, syndicated in 110 countries.

A special evening with two amazing women! I will be talking to Martha Sears, and Ann Sinnott! Our topic is Feeding with Love and Respect, the second Principle of Attachment Parenting. This is week two of our Eight week series highlighting the Principles of Attachment Parenting. 

We will be discussing breastfeeding, bottle feeding and nutrition. Don't miss it! 

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Attachment Parenting International (API) is a wonderful organization that advocates on the behalf of children and parents everywhere. For the next eight weeks we will be looking at each of API's eight principles.  This week, or week one, is a look at Principle 1; Prepare Yourself for Pregnancy, Birth, and Parenting. Our guests are the founders of API, Barbara Nicholson and Lysa Parker.