API in Iowa

API of Central Iowa

API of Central Iowa's monthly evening support group meeting takes place on the second Tuesday of each month at 7 pm at Willowsong Midwifery, 733 19th Street in the Sherman Hill neighborhood of Des Moines.

API of Central Iowa's monthly daytime support group meeting takes place on the fourth Tuesday of each month at 10 am at Tifereth Israel Synagogue, 924 Polk Boulevard in Des Moines (next to the tennis courts, near Roosevelt High School).

To request to join API of Central Iowa's e-mail discussion group, contact Laura Belin or go here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/APICentralIowa/.

API of Central Iowa also has a Facebook group where members can post links, questions, concerns or advice on any parenting issue. To request to join, please go here: http://www.facebook.com/groups/398970013462421/.

Attachment Parenting is a philosophy based in the practice of nurturing parenting methods that create strong emotional bonds, also known as secure attachment, between the infant and parent(s). This style of parenting encourages responsiveness to the infant or child's emotional needs, and develops trust that their emotional needs will be met. As a result, this strong attachment helps the child develop secure, empathic, peaceful, and enduring relationships.
Attachment Parenting International (API) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit member organization, networking with parents, professionals and like-minded organizations around the world. In addition to providing assistance in forming attachment parenting support groups, API provides educational materials, research information, consultative, referral and speaker services to promote attachment parenting concepts.