API in Massachusetts

Pioneer Valley API, Massachusetts meets at Cradle on the third floor of Thornes Marketplace, Mainstreet, Northampton, Massachusetts on the second Friday of the month at 9:30 a.m. Please join our email list, both to converse with other parents and to hear about any cancellations.

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.