Quote:
Originally Posted by Ruthla  There IS a difference between saying "It's not necessary, and causes short-term discomfort, but overall is harmless" and stating "this is absolutely harmful to baby boys and the men they grow into." Dr Sears apparently beleives the former, while many on MDC beleive the latter.
And as far as Dr. William Sears and AP, he's the guy who coined the term! You may disagree with much of what he (or any of his kids) have to say, but without Dr. Sears, we wouldn't be talking about AP at all. We'd likely be talking about babywearing and breastfeeding and co-sleeping, etc, but possbly by a different term.
|
I think that is exactly the problem many people have with Sears. AP is meant to be about the needs of the child, respecting those needs and treating every child you yourself wanted to be treated-not like "a baby" that "needs to learn something".
Therefore the purely cosmetic genital mutilation of male newborn is something the PARENTS want, for THEIR own reasons. Not because it is something neccesary and good for the child. You can't preach attachment and then go and rip of part of an organ- on a NEWBORN!
Talk about a hypcrite-that's my point with him. I will give the Sears Baby Book (always checking on what the latest stand on circ is, varies on each edition) because sometimes that's the only "counterweight" some people will read- especially those that get pressured into Babywise by some Aunt.
But I am personally done with the Sears Clan- sometimes I think, dude, if it wasn't for the Sears Name, nobody else would care wether there a Jim Sears, Bob or god knows what else. It's the family empire- and anybody who is too chicken to give up the holy cow vax+genital mutilation because that means actually taking a stand- see ya!
It's great that he coined the term AP-but honestly you can do without it. I am from Germany and only people with decent Englisch knowledge are talking about AP= yet, Germany is THE market for Babywearing products (all major wrap companies are there) and has a huge "AP" crowd with it's own board.
There are sooo many authors out there- Liedloff, Largo, Gonzales etc. Sears one player out there with one book- but guess what, it's not called
"the attachment parenting book" over there....
And people still are "AP". You don't need to stick yourself into that drawer to respect your child.
Again, the whole circ debate is a very american one- a lot of parents recoil in horror when hearing about RIC. The Sears Family kind of lost my respect- too chicken to come out and actually take a stand? (and lose some dollars in the process) Byebye hypocrite, because that's what they are to me.
I don't like at all that he performs circs...
