dr. sears is not for everyone but he may be for you. are you distressed or angered or bewildered by modern parenting advice? do you prefer to rock and sing or nurse your baby to sleep rather than make her cry herself to sleep? does it seem weird to you that baby sleep "experts" implore you not to pick your baby up (whatever you do!) when she's crying at night? do you prefer a baby sling to wearing a f*$%ing 30 pound car seat on your arm? (i have seen women do this while shopping. it's bizarre.) dr. sears will make you feel sane again.

i'm being...something. something annoying. but seriously, if you are into more "natural" ways of parenting (wearing your baby so she's close to you a lot, breastfeeding, nighttime parenting, cosleeping, etc.), then you should read lots of dr. sears. if you are not into that stuff, dr. sears will piss you off. but, he and his wife and sons are extraordinarily helpful to many parents who have waded through lots of parenting books that have made them cry.

the thing i like most about dr. sears is that he says that "attachment parenting" is really just how you would parent if you were on a desert island, away from parenting books and people who have negative things to say about how you are parenting. and i think that's true. i don't like that "attachment parenting" is considered a "method." i think it's just "parenting."