The essence of Attachment Parenting (AP) is about forming and nurturing strong connections between parents and their children. AP challenges us as parents to treat our children with kindness, respect and dignity, and to model in our interactions with them the way we'd like them to interact with others. "Peaceful parenting for a peaceful world" is a motto of AP advocates! Many AP parents breastfeed, sleep close to their children, "wear" their children in slings or other carriers, and practice p …