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November 2, 2022 94 mins
E135 - We have a wonderful conversation with Jamie Grumet, known for her controversial breastfeeding cover on TIME magazine, now at its 10-year anniversary. With a background in anthropology & theology, she is the author of Modern Attachment Parenting: The Comprehensive Guide to Raising a Secure Child, its introduction by Dr. Sears & foreword by Alanis Morissette. Jamie shares her insights on parenting using these methods while educating us about other cultures, adoption, breastfeeding & children self-weaning at older ages. We find out what she went through going viral in such a contentious way at a young age, and discuss the psychology of what this represents; mothers judging mothers, puritanical ideals & sexual repression. Does she regret the photo session? And we talk about what we can do to educate future generations. Our own adult attachment styles are analyzed too (secure, anxious, avoidant, etc), as we wonder how we were raised. Spoiler alert: we know a lot about each others' childhoods. Our parents were best friends in high school, so Jamie is like our honorary little sister! We hope you enjoy this interesting discussion & support Jamie's wonderfully inclusive & accepting book, currently sold on Amazon! Find Jamie Grumet at https://www.instagram.com/jgrumet Support Jamie's book on Amazon Modern Attachment Parenting TIME cover May 12, 2012 Are You Mom Enough? Watch this ep on youtube.com/channel/UCgeuFSExQ2EaHYSG-s4sgZw ►Outline 00:00 - Introductions 03:00 - TIME magazine 05:30 - Attachment parenting (AP), Dr. Sears, attachment styles 10:45 - Forming healthy attachments 12:30 - How we were raised, co-sleeping, night doulas 19:10 - Primates, infant mortality 21:30 - Partners, monogamy 23:45 - Unable to breastfeed? 29:20 - Backlash, judgement 31:00 - Controversy, WHO, AAP recommendations 34:05 - Self-weaning, long-term psychology 36:00 - Bonding, breastfeeding, adoption 43:45 - Haters and Religion 47:30 - We're modern, evolved; parenting give & take 50:50 - (Dream Dinners Ad) 52:30 - Sleep training, cry it out, discipline 1:01:35 - Regret TIME cover? 1:07:00 - Our parents, attachment styles 1:13:40 - Predatory marketing of formula & water 1:17:35 - Rape culture, sexual repression, hypersexuality 1:24:50 - Conclusion ►Thank you to our patrons - our family! Join the fun, get free swag and bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/mouseandweens ►Credits: "Mouse and Weens" theme song by Julianne Eggold https://www.julianneeggold.com "Thank You For Subscribing" by Julianne Eggold & Dan Mahony. Voice actor: Matt Thompson ►Promo: Love These Mother Daughter Talks https://podfixnetwork.com/love-these-mother-daughter-talks/ Our network: Podfix https://podfixnetwork.com ►Sponsor: Dream Dinners! Quickly make homemade meals stress-free & have more quality time for you & your family! Dream Dinners is nationwide. If within 25 mi of Poway or San Marcos MOUSEANDWEENS99 for $99 off 1st order! Visit link on https://www.mouseandweens.com ►Please follow & subscribe: Socials @mouseandweens everywhere | https://linktr.ee/mouseandweens | mouseandweens@gmail.com | 858-319-1089
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