The Attached Family Magazine

The Attached Family is a magazine available only to members of Attachment Parenting International. Published quarterly, each issue of The Attached Family magazine consists of a mix of informative articles, how-to pieces, and personal stories written by parents, professionals, and API staff — with the goal of educating and supporting families practicing Attachment Parenting from conception through the teenage years and beyond.

The magazine is available as a black-and-white print copy with a full-color glossy cover, or as a full-color, printable PDF. Subscribe here by joining API.

What readers are currently enjoying…

Winter 2009-2010Winter 2009-2010 issue

  • Tamara Parnay of The Netherlands takes parents down the path of self-examination and developing self discipline
  • ScreamFree Parenting’s Hal Edward Runkel of Georgia, USA, on the importance of parents developing self-control
  • API co-founders Barbara Nicholson and Lysa Parker on the importance of positive discipline

    • COVER PHOTO: Carrie McKay of Illinois, USA, enjoys downtime with her daughter

Fall 2009Fall 2009 issue

  • ChildAdvocate.org founder Laurie A. Couture of New England, USA, discusses the vital importance of AP with the older child and teen
  • The Natural Child Project’s director Jan Hunt gives 22 alternatives to punishment
  • Cooperative Kids director Bill Corbett of Connecticut, USA, on parenting for today 
  • Lesley-Anne Siegal of Quebec, Canada, explains the difference between positive discipline and permissive parenting
  • API co-founders Barbara Nicholson and Lysa Parker define positive discipline
  • An overview of the Principle of Practicing Positive Discipline
  • COVER PHOTO: Gaynell Payne’s husband flying a kite with their son near their home in Tennessee, USA

The Attached Family - Summer 2009

Summer 2009 issue

  • Cookus Interruptus webcast host and chef Cynthia Lair of Washington, USA, talks about whole foods shopping and cooking
  • Pediatrician and parenting book author Dr. William Sears of California, USA, on Nutritional Deficit Disorder
  • Kelly Bartlett of Oregon, USA, illustrates what the Principle of Feeding with Love and Respect looks like in her family.
  • API co-founders Barbara Nicholson and Lysa Parker of Tennessee discuss how Feeding with Love and Respect extends beyond breastfeeding and bottle-nursing
  • COVER PHOTO: Melissa Mailly of Minnesota, USA, tandem-nursing her baby and toddler

The Attached Family - New Baby 2009Spring 2009 annual New Baby issue

  • Tamara Parnay of The Netherlands explores the importance of sharing birth stories in healing mothers and educating others
  • A homebirth story from API co-founder Lysa Parker of Tennessee, USA
  • A drug-free water birth story from Jaimee Gleisner of Texas, USA
  • A medicated birth story from Grace Zell of New York, USA
  • An attempted VBAC from Kelly Coyle DiNorcia of New Jersey, USA, and how she came to terms with her feelings of disappointment
  • Mike Brhel of Nebraska, USA, shares his daughters’ complicated birth stories from a father’s perspective
  • Kelly Coyle DiNorcia on parenting through a “what if?” situation
  • An overview of the Principle of Preparing for Pregnancy, Birth, and Parenting
  • COVER PHOTO: Jenna Haynie of Colorado, USA, takes her daughter on a walk through the garden

The Attached Family magazine - bonus issueAttached at the Heart Bonus Edition – This issue gives readers the back-story to the making of API and consequently the co-founders’ new book, Attached at the Heart, as well as exclusive excerpts from the book, a preview of API’s 15th Anniversary summer event, a look into the future of API, and more. This issue is the first, and only, issue of The Attached Family magazine made available to the public. Download it here.