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"Radical Parenting" on discovery health now

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There is a segment on attachment pareting, elimination communication, radical homeschooling, etc.
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  • cindy453cindy453
    I hate when people say AP is radical. I really don't think it is. I don't think anybody would look at our life and say we are radical anything. 
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    imagecindy453:
    I hate when people say AP is radical. I really don't think it is. I don't think anybody would look at our life and say we are radical anything. 

     Agreed!

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  • englishviolaenglishviola

    I think if I watched this before I had kids, I would have thought the AP family was freakish. Now we do many of those same things. :)

    Still aren't into EC though. To each their own. 

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  • BlondeBeachBride08BlondeBeachBride08
    I'm watching it right now!
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  • cindy453cindy453
    wtf is up with the framed backpack thing for BWing.. somebody get that guy an Ergo! 
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  • jescgrljescgrl member

    imagecindy453:
    wtf is up with the framed backpack thing for BWing.. somebody get that guy an Ergo! 

    Yes

    at the end of the segment looking at how the LO was asleep in it just looked painful! Also he didnt seem very secure in it...

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  • Tonya_GTonya_G member

    imagecindy453:
    I hate when people say AP is radical. I really don't think it is. I don't think anybody would look at our life and say we are radical anything. 

    Aside from CDing, which has nothing to do with AP, I agree. Everyone around me thinks I'm "radical" for CDing. lol

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  • jescgrljescgrl member
    imageTonya_G:

    imagecindy453:
    I hate when people say AP is radical. I really don't think it is. I don't think anybody would look at our life and say we are radical anything. 

    Aside from CDing, which has nothing to do with AP, I agree. Everyone around me thinks I'm "radical" for CDing. lol

    in my area its "radical" to BF at all. let alone past 6 months and god forbid in public!

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  • Another JenniferAnother Jennifer

    AP isn't "radical" because it's such a natural way to parent but it is "radical" because it's so different than the way babies are typically parented in the US.  We're starting to 'out' ourselves as AP to co-workers, friends and family and I can tell that people think that we're weird.  No one has criticized us to our face but I can tell that they don't agree with our parenting choices.

    I feel a little bit self-conscious by admitting that we do AP things.  We sidecarred DD's crib this weekend and I posted about it on FB knowing that 99% of my friends wouldn't even know what that meant.  Although I did get a few "likes" from some friends who are also into AP stuff. 

    But on the other hand, I feel really self-conscious when I'm out with DD and have to feed her a bottle.  Especially when I'm around AP-type people. 

     

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  • Lilo06Lilo06

     

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    in my area its "radical" to BF at all. let alone past 6 months and god forbid in public!

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    I was so, so surprised when I found out how "radical" the folks in our group of friends are.  TONS of co-sleepers, several CD families, BLW is almost the norm, and no one gives me the side eye for BFing my almost toddler.  The one thing most people don't do is BW, although I've gotten some of my friends to give it a try!  Yes

    And we're not even in an area known for being crunchy!

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  • sunnyday016sunnyday016 member
    I'll admit that I think EC is a little "radical", but BWing, co-sleeping and BFing (and CDing I guess)? Nothing radical about that!
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  • ErinMSBErinMSB
    I watched that the other night.  I thought all three families were interesting, and the AP family seemed really normal to me.  The only "weird" thing I saw the AP family do was when the dad wore shorts out in the snow!
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