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Also, it's the 20th anniversary of the publication of this book about Attachment Parenting--it's the first instance in which that term was used. AP is about way more than breastfeeding--babywearing, bedsharing, and natural unmedicated childbirth are just part of it. It's all about increasing the attachment between parent (usually mother) and child.
AP obviously has its critics. One of the primary supporters of AP--she helped write several books about it and has been known as an AP expert recently "came out" about her son's drug addiction (from which he eventually died), and that kind of opened the floodgates about whether or not AP is such a good idea--regardless of the fact that teen drug use can happen to anyone.
Elizabeth Badinter just wrote a book about how that kind of attachment isn't good for the kids, it's not good for the marriage, and it's not good for the mother's well-being, especially if she's trying to develop some sort of a career.
I think a lot of it's that the kids who were first parented like this are coming of age and the question is about whether or not it works.
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