Here are a list of possible meeting topics.  Please let me know in an email which topics are of interest to you. (copy and paste into an email to apstlouis@zoomshare.com  I will use the results to plan future meetings. 

____Responding to Criticism

____Positive Discipline

____Encouraging Positive Sibling Relationships

____Emotional Responsiveness

____Staying connected with Your Partner

____Attachment Parenting Our Older Children

____Attachment Fathering

____The importance of connecting with your baby early

____Breastfeeding your baby as the ideal model

____Keeping your baby physically close

____Attachment Parenting for the Bottle-Fed Baby

____Knowing and understanding your child's development

____Maintaining Family Balance and Staying Connected during the Holidays

____Advantages of Attachment Parenting

____How do you stay connected with your kids?

____Nighttime Parenting/Dealing with Sleep Issues

____Respect for children/Respect for parents

____Enjoying the toddler years

____Reading Baby’s Cues, responding to baby’s cries

____Life through a child’s eyes

____Breastfeeding as an aid to attachment

____Baby wearing how-to’s

____Importance of touch

____Emphasizing Empathy: Practicing and teaching concern for others

____Parenting:  myths vs. reality

____Your Family’s Health: discerning medical advice vs. parenting advice

____Listening to your child, teaching your child to listen

____Single parents/working parents

____Birth and Bonding

____Staying focused on family in a materialistic society

____Explaining attachment parenting to others

____Enjoying each stage of parenthood

____Co-sleeping/Family Bed

____Breastfeeding during separations

____Dealing with Parental Anger

____The value of parenting

____How the Way You Were Parented Affects the Way you Parent

____Dealing with your child’s anger

____Staying Home with children – making it work financially

____Advocating for your child

____Handling Parenthood stress

____Simplifying your life – making time for family

Others?