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In a more rural environment I think I'd give that a shot.
a) It stands to reason that if more absorbent diapers makes it harder for them to train, less (or no) absorbent diaper would make it easier.
b) That's sort of what my father did. His brother was eighteen months older than he was. When they potty trained his brother, my dad just followed along with the program. I think he slept in diapers for a while, but from 10 months on he asked to go to the potty when he had to go.
Hil, is the pain any better tonight?
And now they're featuring a family that lets their sons play with dolls. Wasn't this covered in "Free to Be You and Me"? Back in the seventies?
And for the record, these grandparents were not dirty hippies. That was the other grandparents.
And it didn't work with any of their six subsequent children. Daddy was just some sort of potty prodigy.
Hil, is the pain any better tonight?
Somewhat, thanks. Not totally gone, but much more tolerable.
William wants a doll, so when he has a baby some day, he'll know how to dress it, put diapers on double, and gently caress it, to bring up a bubble, and care for his babay as every good father should learn to do...
These boys who play with dolls also sometimes t gasp help their mother bake!
I just realized. This family cosleeps, and they don't diaper the baby at night.
That's commitment.
Attachment parenting is totally within the range of upper-middle-class suburban parenting styles I'm seen from my friends, and unschooling is a bit further out there, but I've met several people who do it.
Well, I was going with the example you cited, of not just attachment parenting, but attachment parenting with extended breastfeeding.
Also, I too know people who took/take the attachment parenting route, but just because you or I know people who do it doesn't make it the norm.
Again, I think "radical" might not be the right word for how I would classify unschooling and attachment parenting w/extended breastfeeding -- "radical" makes me think of the Symbionese Liberation Army or something. I'll just stick with saying that those 2 methods of parenting are definitely outside the norm.