July 9, 2012
I ran across a very charming article written by a mother from India, Reshmi Chakraborty, in the online publication Citizen Matters, Bangalore on the subject of attachment parenting in Indian homes.
Ms. Chakraborty notes the controversy and disagreement over attachment parenting in the United States but writes that attachment parenting comes naturally to Indian parents, though they hadn’t given it that title in the past.
She notes that issues such as co-sleeping, which in Western homes may be debated, with a number of people believing it can lead to suffocation and others that it leads to bonding between parents and child, are pragmatically handled by Indian parents, such as with a separate bed which is placed as close to the parental bed as possible.
Personally, I find parenting in India, at least the type described by Ms. Chakraborty, involving a pragmatic approach to closeness and peace, refreshing.
You can find the article at this link: http://bangalore.citizenmatters.in/articles/view/4278-parenting-desi-style