I got this correspondence from a reader regarding my comment below that, "Attachment is ultimately your ability to make your children want to look more like you than they do their peers."

He wrote:  That's thought provoking ... and a bit intimidating, as I have a little trepidation in knowing where my kids currently stand.  Hmmmm.

To which I reply:  Yeah, but it does clarify the whole thing doesn't it?  Attachment parenting isn't something you do TO your kids.  It’s a relationship that requires you to work on yourself as much--if not more-- as it requires you to work on them.  I think putting it that way, that AP is about making your kids WANT to be like you, makes it much clearer than just saying "disciple your kids" which most people see as some kind of passive enterprise. I think putting it this way does strike a little fear into the heart of every parent, and I think that's a really good thing.  We need to be reminded that God is extending an invitation to us through our kids.  That God sends us the kids we need to become the people he wants us to be as well as helping them become the people he calls them to become.

Attachment is, ultimately, your ability to make your children want to look more like you than they do their peers.

Parenting with Grace 2nd edition.

Think about it.

As I've argued before, safe co-sleeping, despite fear-mongering to the contrary, is much safer for baby than crib sleeping.  Expect a major crib recall tomorrow.

"There is a crib recall tomorrow, and it's going to be really important for all parents to pay attention," said Scott Wolfson, spokesman for the Consumer Product Safety Commission. "There is also a larger effort by CPSC to put in mandatory rules to make all cribs safer."

Wolfson did not provide further details, though media reports indicated that the recall will target drop-side cribs, cribs whose sides slide down.

More than 5 million cribs, bassinets and play yards have been recalled since the beginning of 2007, according to CPSC.

This includes the recall of 400,000 drop-side cribs by manufacturer Simplicity in July, as the result of some fatalities, according to the CPSC. The agency also said that 600,000 drop-side cribs were recalled by Delta Enterprise in October. The recalls were prompted by concerns that infants and toddlers could be get trapped by the mechanism of the crib and suffocate.

The Suffolk County, N.Y., legislature, on the eastern section of Long Island, banned sales of the drop-side crib in October